Second Temple Judaism

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Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.

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instanceOf historical religious tradition
period of Judaism
centeredOn Jerusalem Temple cult
centralPlaceOfWorship Second Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: Second Temple
developedConcept oral Torah traditions
rabbinic halakhic discourse foundations
synagogue worship
endTime 70 CE
followedBy Rabbinic Judaism
follows Ancient Israel
surface form: First Temple Judaism
hasBelief angelology
centrality of Torah
covenant between God and Israel
developing demonology
final judgment
holiness of the Jerusalem Temple
messianic expectation
monotheism
resurrection of the dead
hasPart Hellenistic Jews
surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

early Second Temple period
late Second Temple period
hasPractice Sabbath observance
Temple sacrifice
Torah observance
circumcision
dietary laws
pilgrimage festivals
hasSect Essenes
Pharisees
Essenes
surface form: Qumran community

Sadducees
Zealots
surface form: Sicarii

Zealots
early Jesus movement
hasTheme Torah interpretation diversity
apocalyptic expectation
debates over authority of oral traditions
debates over fate and free will
debates over resurrection
purity laws
includesGroup Tribe of Levi
surface form: Levites

priesthood
sages
scribes
includesInstitution Rabbinic courts
surface form: Sanhedrin

synagogue
influenced Jewish apocalyptic literature
Rabbinic Judaism
Early Christians
surface form: early Christianity

later Jewish liturgy
languageUsed Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
locatedIn Jerusalem
Judea
majorEvent Maccabean Revolt
surface form: Hasmonean revolt against Seleucids

Maccabean Revolt
Roman destruction of the Second Temple
surface form: Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 CE
politicalContext Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean kingdom

Hellenistic rule
Herodian dynasty
Persian rule
Roman rule
producedText 1 Enoch
1 Maccabees
Apocrypha (in early editions)
surface form: Apocrypha

Dead Sea Scrolls
Jubilees
Letter of Aristeas
surface form: Pseudepigrapha

Book of Sirach
surface form: Wisdom of Ben Sira
religion Judaism
startTime late 6th century BCE
usesScripture Prophets
Septuagint
Torah
Writings

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Yahwism developedInto Second Temple Judaism
Tomb of Absalom culture Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period Judaism
Tomb of Absalom historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Antiquities of the Jews subject Second Temple Judaism
Valley of the Cheesemakers associatedWithPeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Herodian street and drainage system partOf Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period Jerusalem
Herodian street and drainage system timePeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Herodias religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
Herodian timePeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Late Second Temple period
Sebaste religiousSignificanceIn Second Temple Judaism
1 Enoch associatedWith Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
1 Enoch usedBy Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Enochic Judaism
Priestly code influenced Second Temple Judaism
Jubilees associatedWithPeriod Second Temple Judaism
Tannaitic period follows Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Rabbi historicalOriginPeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: late Second Temple period
Via Dolorosa hasHistoricalPeriodAssociation Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Antigonus II Mattathias era Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Late Second Temple period
Kingdom of Judah religion Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Ancient Judaism
Kingdom of Judah culturalInfluenceOn Second Temple Judaism
King of the Jews timeOfProminentUse Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Mariamne I culture Second Temple Judaism
Idumaean historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Zoroastrianism influenced Second Temple Judaism
Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
subject surface form: Sadducees
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
subject surface form: Essenes
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Valley of Hinnom importantInReligion Second Temple Judaism
גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם historicalPeriodOfProminence Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Yosef ben Matityahu subjectOf Second Temple Judaism
Yosef ben Matityahu historicalSourceFor Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Jesus' eschatological discourse historicalContext Second Temple Judaism
Zechariah timePeriod Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Ben Sira associatedWith Second Temple Judaism
Ben Sira associatedWith Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Jerusalem Temple culture
Jerusalem’s restoration hasContext Second Temple Judaism
Deuterocanonical books historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism
Christian culture developedFrom Second Temple Judaism
Caiaphas era Second Temple Judaism
Malchus religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
Bethany timePeriodOfProminence Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Idoumaia religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
Hasmonean civil war religiousContext Second Temple Judaism
Iacobus Maior culture Second Temple Judaism
Jewish theology historicalDevelopment Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: Second Temple period
Book of Malachi primaryAudience Second Temple Judaism
this entity surface form: post-exilic Israel
Alphaeus culturalContext Second Temple Judaism
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) period Second Temple Judaism
subject surface form: On the Special Laws
11Q5 culturalContext Second Temple Judaism