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The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jerusalem:, Israel Carta, 2006. ISBN 965-220-628-8; Hamblin, William and David Seely, Solomon's Temple: Myth and History (Thames and Hudson, 2007) ISBN 0-500-25133-9; Yaron Eliav, God's Mountain: The Temple Mount in Time, Place and Memory (Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
The following is a list of temples associated with the Jewish religion throughout its history and development, including Yahwism.While in the modern day, Rabbinic Jews will refer to "The Temple", and state that temples other than the Jerusalem temple, especially outside Israel, [1] are invalid, during the era in which Judaism had temples, multiple existed concurrently.
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 transformative point in Jewish history. [4] The loss of the Second Temple prompted the development of Rabbinic Judaism , which remains the mainstream form of Jewish religious practices globally.
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. A new temple to replace the destroyed Solomon's Temple was built in Jerusalem by the returnees, and the Second Temple was finished around 516 BCE.
The destruction of the Second Temple marked a cataclysmic event in Jewish history, triggering far-reaching transformations within Judaism. [78] [79] [80] With the central role of sacrificial worship obliterated, religious practices shifted towards prayer, Torah study, and communal gatherings in synagogues.
The Temple service was at the heart of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur proceedings. The Temple was central to the Three pilgrim festivals, namely Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, when all Jews were incumbent to gather in Jerusalem. Every seven years all Jews were required to assemble at the Temple for the Hakhel reading.
Rockdale Temple is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. It’s the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains, and according to historians, either the eighth or ninth ...
Second Temple, destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE; Third Temple, prophesied in Judaism per the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament in Christianity) Jewish Temple at Elephantine, used by Jews in Egypt until the 4th century BCE; Jewish Temple at Leontopolis, used by Jews in Egypt between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE; House of Yahweh ...