Return to Zion

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historical period religious movement

Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Aliases (2)

return of Zion ×1
return to Zion (Shivat Tzion) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period → religious movement →
alsoKnownAs	Shivat Tzion →
centralInstitution	Second Temple in Jerusalem → surface form: "Second Temple"
centralPlace	Jerusalem →
coreActivity	public reading of the Torah → rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls → rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem → religious and social reforms → reorganization of the priesthood and Levites → restoration of sacrificial worship →
culturalSignificance	foundational period for Second Temple Judaism →
documentedIn	Books of Chronicles → surface form: "Book of Chronicles" Ezra–Nehemiah → surface form: "Book of Ezra" The Twelve Minor Prophets → surface form: "Book of Haggai" Book of Isaiah → Ezra–Nehemiah → surface form: "Book of Nehemiah" The Twelve Minor Prophets → surface form: "Book of Zechariah"
followedBy	Second Temple Judaism → surface form: "Second Temple period"
follows	destruction of the First Temple →
governingPower	Achaemenid Empire → Achaemenid Empire → surface form: "Persian Empire"
hasHebrewName	Shivat Tzion → surface form: "שיבת ציון"
hasPart	rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem → reestablishment of Jewish communal life in Judah → religious reforms in Jerusalem → return of Jewish exiles from Babylon →
language	Aramaic → Hebrew →
location	Jerusalem → Tribe of Judah → surface form: "Judah"
locationOfOrigin	Babylon →
mainParticipants	Jewish exiles →
precededBy	Babylonian exile → surface form: "Babylonian captivity"
religion	Judaism →
significantEvent	Cyrus the Great’s decree allowing Jews to return → Ezra’s mission to Jerusalem → Ezra–Nehemiah → surface form: "Nehemiah’s rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls" completion of the Second Temple → laying of the foundations of the Second Temple →
significantFigure	Cyrus the Great → Darius I of Persia → Ezra–Nehemiah → surface form: "Ezra" Joshua son of Jehozadak → Nehemiah → Zerubbabel →
startAfter	Babylonian exile →
theologicalSignificance	seen as fulfillment of prophetic promises of restoration →
timePeriod	5th century BCE → late 6th century BCE →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zion → associatedWithEvent → Return to Zion →

this entity surface form: "return to Zion (Shivat Tzion)"

Babylonian exile → followedBy → Return to Zion →

Shivat Tzion → hasMeaning → Return to Zion →

this entity surface form: "return of Zion"