Essays on Second Temple

In December 2016, the US Secretary of State stated that, Israel would either have to be a Jewish State that does not intrude into Palestinian “land” or it should be democratic whereby Palestinians would be given equal rights as dignified citizens of one-state of Israel. This was something many Republicans and Conservatives found to be negative and Anti-American. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians cannot be solved. This paper will use elements of persuasion to establish a case to prove that America must stay away from imposing its will on ...

The first temple, construction 3000 years ago was destroyed on the same date on which the second Hebrew temple was destroyed

Only the High Priest was allowed to enter the inner chambers of the Temple, that is, the Holy of the Holies Chamber

The High Priest had to enter the Temple with a pure heart and mind

There were numerous symbols in the Temple; the meanings of these symbols were quite unclear and was only known to a few

Most Important Statements about the four Pieces of Information from the Temple of Jerusalem

It appears that the Temple of Jerusalem was associated with a lot of mysterious circumstances. It is quite unclear whether these mysteries were as a result of human expectation or they were associated with the holiness of the Temple. For instance, people considered it mysterious that the First Hebrews’ Temple was destroyed on the same ...

The Second Temple Period marked a time during which significant changes occurred through the Jewish rule and foreign tenure. The weeping of Zion did not last for long since soon after the Babylonian kingdom had collapsed to the newly established empire of Persia, Cyrus, king of Persia declared a policy of religious freedom. This was at about 536 BCE that came about 520 years after the country had been destroyed. Cyrus at this time allowed the people who had fled from Judah to return to their homeland and rebuild their Temple. This saw only a small group of people return as the ...

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Introduction

Christianity and Judaism are among the most popular religions in the world. Despite the fact that Christianity originally stemmed from the postulates of Judaism, today Christianity has the largest number of believers’ worldwide (Spiegel, 1993, 65). Rough estimates demonstrate that there are more than two billion of the Christians across the globe. The Jewish religious minority is limited to 14 million adherents, primarily residing in the state of Israel and in the United States of America. The both religions are monotheistic in their natures, strongly emphasizing the role of a single and omniscient divine authority. Overall, despite common grounds ...

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Punic Wars Punic wars are the term coined by the historians about the war fought by Rome and the Carthage in 264-146 BC. The result of the Punic Wars is the dominance of the Romans to the large area of the Western Mediterranean basin (Backman, 182). Punic wars have been referenced to the Carthage ancestries since the word Punic comes Latin term “Punicus” which is associated with the Carthaginian Empire. The main reason for the emergence of the Punic wars is the Roman Expansion. which created the conflict between them and the Carthaginian Empire. In the first War, ...

Rabbinic literature consists of writings to represent the Jewish history specifically from the Talmudic era. In a specific case, the literature refers to Talmudim, Midrah, and other related writings. Other Rabbinic eras include Zugot, Geonim, Acharonim, Chazal, and Tannaim. The Mishnaic literature consists the earliest wrings of rabbinic literature that expound and develop the Oral Law of Judaism and other ethical teachings such as Babylonian Talmud, minor tractates and Jerusalem Talmud (Own Ball 2). The Midrash denotes a compilation of exegetical, narrative, and homiletical writings in the Geonic era. Midrash has an annotated list of the completed works in the extra-canonical ...

Judaism in Ancient times

Judaism is one of the monotheistic religions in the world that is considered a religion of the Jewish people. Most of the followers of Judaism are from Israel. The religion has over fourteen million followers’ worldwide with most of these followers in Israel which accounts for 42% percent while the United States and Canada account for another 42% while the rest of the followers are in other continents around the world. The religion traces back its roots in 2000 BCE in Canaan in the Middle East. The religion is one of the monotheistic religions in the world that hold faith ...