By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from ... their independent existence under Roman law. The temple in Jerusalem Although each Jewish community worshipped at its own ...

In the first century B.C., Herod expanded and refurbished a Second Temple built ... with the history of Jerusalem,” says Eyal Meiron, a historian at the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of ...

In this period, however, we should always remember that there is only one Temple and that's the one Temple in Jerusalem ... is not an ethical metaphor in first century Judaism.

JERUSALEM (RNS ... that fortified the city during the time of the First Jewish Temple and the Kingdom of Judah — the ninth century BCE. “This is an extremely important discovery ...

"This is the first time we can reconstruct the shape ... countries and may have been used to dye fabrics for the Temple in Jerusalem, with Tel Shikmona being a strong candidate for having supplied ...

The Temple Mount is where the Bible says Solomon built the First ... Jerusalem. Today, few remnants remain, the most well-known of which is the Western Wall, one of the plaza's supporting walls. The ...