The genealogical information contained in the book of Nehemiah, however, suggests otherwise. The Origins of the 'Second' Temple presents a ground-breaking study which re-dates the temple to the reign ...

Now let us look at the history of the Second Temple and how it ties the past of Israel and Iran together. As we read in the ...

It is natural that people often assume that Judaism in the Second Temple period was more or less like contemporary Judaism, in which people meet weekly or even more frequently in synagogues to pray, ...

"After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora." ...