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  2. Second Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Mount, where both Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple stood, was also significantly expanded, doubling in size to become the ancient world's largest religious sanctuary. [ 3 ] In 70 CE, at the height of the First Jewish–Roman War , the Second Temple was destroyed by the Roman siege of Jerusalem , [ a ] marking a cataclysmic and ...

  3. Second Temple Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The Second Temple period was marked by the emergence of multiple religious currents as well as extensive cultural, religious, and political developments among Jews. It saw the progression of the Hebrew Bible canon, the synagogue, and Jewish eschatology. Additionally, the rise of Christianity began in the final years of the Second Temple period ...

  4. Timeline of the Second Temple period - Wikipedia

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    A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period: The Maccabean Revolt, Hasmonaean Rule, and Herod the Great (174–4 BCE). Library of Second Temple Studies 95. Vol. 3. T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-5676-9294-8. Grabbe, Lester L. (2021). A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period: The Jews Under the Roman Shadow (4 BCE ...

  5. Second Temple period - Wikipedia

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    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 in the city of Jerusalem. It began with the return to Zion and subsequent reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and ended with the First Jewish–Roman War and the Roman siege of ...

  6. Names of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    It is the base from which nisbas (names based on the origin of the person named) are formed – hence the famous medieval geographer called both al-Maqdisi and al-Muqaddasi (b. 946) This name is of a semantic extension from the Hadiths used in reference to the Temple in Jerusalem, called Beit HaMikdash (בית המקדש "The Holy Temple" or ...

  7. Western Wall - Wikipedia

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    According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple was built atop what is known as the Temple Mount in the 10th century BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, [24] and the Second Temple completed and dedicated in 516 BCE. Around 19 BCE Herod the Great began a massive expansion project on the Temple Mount.

  8. Al-Aqsa Mosque - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Al-Aqsa Mosque جامع الأقصى ‎ (Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā) المصلى القبلي ‎ (al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī) المسجد الاقصى ‎ (al-Masjid al-'Aqṣā, disputed) Religion Affiliation Islam Leadership Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) Location Location Temple ...

  9. Intertestamental period - Wikipedia

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    It is roughly contiguous with the Second Temple period (516 BC–70 AD) and encompasses the age of Hellenistic Judaism. It is known by some Protestants as the "400 Silent Years" because it was a period when no new prophets were raised and God revealed nothing new to the Jewish people . [ 1 ]