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 ...

Woe to you, O Jerusalem—and woe to the historian who writes about your fall to the Romans ... He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil. On the first day of the Republican ...

Josephus, for example, this historian we have is from a Jerusalem ... of the temple.... Nonetheless, it's clear among all the numerous groups within the Jewish community of the 1st century ...

The Waqf’s own guide recognizes, that the Jews and Holy Temple were there long before the Arabs began their occupation of Jerusalem.

Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives and will go on display in ...

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 ...

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