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Building the Second Temple. The historical importance and practical history of rebuilding ancient Judaism's sacred center. By Lawrence H. Schiffman
As the central Jewish place of sacrificial worship from about 515 B.C.E. until its destruction by the Romans in 70 C.E., the second temple in Jerusalem played a major role in the religious and national life of the Jewish people.
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Below is a concise history of the Second Temple. The lessons to be learned from this often-sad saga speak for themselves. The Second Temple era spanned 420 years, ending with the Romans’ destruction of the Holy Temple in 70 CE. But for much of this period, Judea was under foreign domination.
(516 BCE - 70 CE) The Jewish Temples: Table of Contents | First Temple | Second Temple. During the reign of King Herod (end of the 1st century BCE), Jerusalem grew enormously in area and intensive building activity, unparalleled in the city's history, took place.
Jerusalem during the Second Temple period describes the history of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, from the return to Zion under Cyrus the Great (c. 538 BC) to the siege and destruction the city by Titus during the First Jewish–Roman War (70 CE).
Jan 6, 2016 · Generally, the Temple established by the returning exiles and Herod's Temple are conflated in scholarship and referred to as simply, the 'Second Temple', or the 'Second Temple period'.
The Second Temple period in Jewish history began with the end of the Babylonian captivity and the Persian conquest of the Near East in 539 BCE. The Second Temple was then built, and finished around 516 BCE. The conquests of Macedonia under Alexander the Great in 332 BCE saw Judea and the Near East placed under Greek influence during the ...
