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

The oil: Judah Makabee ordered the Temple to be purified, and a new altar to be built in place of the one polluted by pig’s ...

The Waqf’s own guide recognizes, that the Jews and Holy Temple were there long before the Arabs began their occupation of Jerusalem.

Woe to you, O Jerusalem—and woe to the historian who writes about your ... He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil. On the first day of the Republican National Convention ...

Writing in the first century A.D., Jewish historian Josephus ... In 164, Judah won back Jerusalem and restored the Temple, cleansing and rededicating it. The revolt of the Maccabees, as it came ...

Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives and will go on display in ...

Each year, starting on the 25 th of the Jewish month of Kislev, Jews celebrate Hanukkah, often called the Festival of Lights.