cyrus the great gave permission to construct the second temple of jerusalem.
who gave permission to construct the second temple of jerusalem?
cyrus the great ,
jerusalem during the second temple period describes the history of the city from the return to zion under cyrus the great to the 70 ce siege of jerusalem by titus during the first jewish–roman war, which saw both region and city change hands several times. it was the center of religious life for all jews, even those who lived in the diaspora prayed towards jerusalem on a daily basis and made pilgrimages during religious festivals. the pharisees of second temple judaism developed into the tannaim and judaism's post-exilic religious identity as it continues today, and the hebrew bible was perhaps canonized, although exactly when this occurred remains disputed. it was also in jerusalem during the later stages of this period that christianity was born.
jerusalem during the second temple period
bullet::::- schiffman, lawrence, ed. 1998. "texts and traditions: a source reader for the study of second temple and rabbinic judaism". hoboken, nj: ktav.





























bullet::::- stone, michael, ed. 1984. "the literature of the jewish people in the period of the second temple and the talmud". 2 vols. philadelphia: fortress.





























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bullet::::- resources > second temple and talmudic era > second temple jerusalem the jewish history resource center, project of the dinur center for research in jewish history, the hebrew university of jerusalem





























bullet::::- "jewish encyclopedia": temple, the second





























bullet::::- 4 enoch: the online encyclopedia of second temple judaism
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