which was the second Jewish temple constructed in Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Romans when they sacked the city in A.D. 70, following a months-long siege. The destruction of Herod's Temple took ...

In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ... means of transportation available in Jesus’ time did not make the trip easy or quick.

Racially, he was an Arab from Idumea, Religiously, he was Jewish. Culturally, he was Greek ... Religious and political groups Who were the priests during the time of Jesus? Although the main function ...

Those who deny the right to Israeli statehood reject the Jewish connection to the land and ignore the realities of Jewish ...

Discover the significance of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, a powerful moment in the life of the Holy Family. Explore the connection to the Pidyon ha-Ben and the light of Christ.

Last week, the gospel in Luke 2:22-40 was read and heard by many. The story was about the presentation of the Baby Jesus at ...

Yom Kippur was the only time when the High Priest could enter the Kodesh ha’Kodeshim in the Temple ... Jewish any less than the Bolshevik leaders, or, more recently, the on-campus “Jews for ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

He said the inscriptions “shed light on the site’s history as a royal fortress for the Hasmoneans and Herod.” The Sartaba stronghold is mentioned in Jewish literature from the Second Temple period and ...

TREASURE FROM JESUS’ TIME Unearthed in a synagogue in the hometown of Mary Magdalene, the Magdala Stone is thought to be modeled after the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and may have served as a ...