jewish temple

Note that by this time Christianity and Judaism had already diverged sufficiently for both communities to recognize each other as separate religions. The Mishnah had been compiled a century before; two centuries of Church Fathers have come and gone. There were approximately an equal number of...

Ever since the Second Temple was destroyed by Titus in 70 CE, many Jews have dreamed of building a third temple on the traditional site. These wishes were seemingly granted when Hadrian promised to build a new temple. But Hadrian went back on his word, building a Colonia called Aelia Capitolina...

In 363, the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate attempted to rebuild the Jewish Temple, likely at least partially as part of his efforts to reverse Constantine's Christianization campaign. However, the outbreak of fires forced the project's cancellation, and Christianity reasserted control over...

Recently, i've been thinking about the Great Jewish Revolt of 66-71 AD, and one idea popped into my head (perhaps the only way for the jews to estabilish a non-ephemeral independent state): a helping hand from the Parthian Empire. At the time of the revolt, the parthian king-of-kings was...