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.

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 ...

Israeli officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual oil lamp dating to the fourth century ... of Olives in Jerusalem. The artifact appears to reference the Second Temple, though ...

As the first century Jewish historian Josephus relates ... The tradition: When the Temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, Judaism was outlawed. In 167 BCE Antiochus IV (who ...

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