The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE – 70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood...

called Herod's Temple. Defining the Second Temple period, it stood as a pivotal symbol of Jewish identity and was central to Second Temple Judaism; it was...

The Second Temple period in Jewish history began with the end of the Babylonian captivity and the Persian conquest of the Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE...

Second Temple Judaism is the Jewish religion as it developed during the Second Temple period, which began with the construction of the Second Temple around...

Jerusalem during the Second Temple period describes the history of the city during the existence there of the Second Temple, from the return to Zion under...

Third Period Second Intermediate Period of Egypt 2nd Persian Period Second Persian Period Second period of the Great Patriotic War Second Temple period Second...

by the Second Temple, marking the beginning of the Second Temple period. Iron Age I: 1150–950 BCE Iron Age II: 950–586 BCE The Iron Age II period is followed...

During the Second Temple Period, Jerusalem was the center of religious and national life for Jews, including those in the Diaspora. The Second Temple attracted...

Jews were allowed to return and rebuild the temple; these events mark the beginning of the Second Temple period. After several centuries of foreign rule...

in the Land of Israel, where it originated and evolved during the Second Temple Period, influenced by various empires. This artistic tradition underwent...

Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The Sadducees are described...

or in the New Testament. The term remained in use throughout the Second Temple period, although the term “Mount Zion”, which today refers to the eastern...

interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies, wrote that the Jews of the late Second Temple period provide "a closer approximation to the ideal type of the nation [...

years to the days of King David and the First Temple period, as well as from the Second Temple period. It also shows artifacts, including pottery, glass...

Mishnah defines the nasi of Leviticus 4 to mean the king. During the Second Temple period (c. 530 BCE – 70 CE), the nasi was the highest-ranking member and...

history, and smaller than it had been in its peak, during the late Second Temple period. The Old City's current layout has been documented in significant...

human beings to know what the world to come is like. In the late Second Temple period, beliefs about the ultimate fate of an individual were diverse. The...

Jewish messianism gave birth to Christianity, which started as a Second Temple period messianic Jewish religious movement. In Jewish eschatology, the term...

representations of the menorah from the First Temple period, but some examples dating from the Second Temple period have been recorded. Menorah images that...

as a weight. During the Second Temple period, it was customary among Jews to annually offer the half-Shekel into the Temple treasury, for the upkeep...

important Jewish scribe (sofer) and priest (kohen) in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, the name is rendered as Ésdrās (Ἔσδρας)...

the Second Temple period (Hebrew: דגם ירושלים בסוף ימי בית שני) is a 1:50 scale model of the city of Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period. The...

: 69  Two of the three main sects that flourished during the late Second Temple period, namely the Sadducees and Essenes, eventually disappeared, while...

The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE–70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood...

the Jews to return and rebuild the city and its temple, marking the start of the Second Temple period. Jerusalem fell under Hellenistic rule after the...

after the Babylonian conquest of Judah. The Persian period marked the start of the Second Temple period in Jewish history. Jewish returnees had come from...

Second Temple period and continued into the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Use of the tombs has been recorded as recently as the late Roman period...

engineered the fall of Adam and Eve with a snake in writings during the Second Temple period. However, the serpent is not a form of Samael, but a beast he rode...

the Achaemenid Persian Empire. While the Second Temple stood for a longer period of time than the First Temple, it was likewise destroyed during the Roman...

regulations in the Zoroastrian faith concerning the astudans. During the Second Temple period, Jewish burial customs were varied, differing based on class and...