The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second ...

Jesus was “cleansing” the Jerusalem temple and ... “Jesus cleansed the temple twice.” His answer, though, left me unsatisfied. So, my second realization was I needed to do my own homework.

A rare ceramic oil lamp from the late Roman period that bears images of items used in the Second Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B ...

The lamp was recovered as part of a dig at a site near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and ... “The Temple menorah became a Jewish symbol in the Second Temple period. However, after the Temple ...

This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back ... and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Jerusalem (753 reviews) Full-Day ...

It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The festival lasts for eight days, symbolising the miracle of the menorah. A small amount of oil, meant to last only one day ...

Israeli Indologist David Shulman warns of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, comparing Israel to apartheid-era ...

Also known as the festival of lights, the Jewish holiday honors the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and takes place from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff ...

A rare, 4th-century CE ceramic oil lamp recently discovered during Israeli Antiquities Authorities excavations near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem will be displayed to the public for the first ...

After being driven out of parts of the land now called Israel, the Jews reclaimed the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It had been ransacked and there was only a tiny bit of oil to light the lamps.