Second Temple in Jerusalem

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Jewish temple destroyed building religious building

The Second Temple in Jerusalem was the central Jewish sanctuary rebuilt after the Babylonian exile and stood as the focal point of Jewish religious life until its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Second Temple 12
Herod's Temple 1
Rebuilding of the Second Temple 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish temple ⓘ
destroyed building ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
architecturalStyle Second Temple architecture ⓘ
associatedGroup Essenes ⓘ
Pharisees ⓘ
Sadducees ⓘ
Zealots ⓘ
associatedWith Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ
Zerubbabel ⓘ
The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
surface form: prophet Haggai

prophet Zechariah ⓘ
centralFunction central sanctuary of Judaism ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ
site of sacrificial worship ⓘ
completedBefore 70 CE ⓘ
constructionBegan late 6th century BCE ⓘ
country Judea ⓘ
dedicatedTo God ⓘ
surface form: God of Israel
destroyedBy Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman legion ⓘ
surface form: Roman legions under Titus
destroyedDuring Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: First Jewish–Roman War
destructionYear 70 CE ⓘ
followedBy Herodian enclosure ⓘ
surface form: Herodian Temple complex
governedBy high priest ⓘ
housed Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form: Holy of Holies

altar of burnt offering ⓘ
languageOfRitual Hebrew ⓘ
legacy Western Wall ⓘ
surface form: Western Wall as surviving retaining wall
locatedIn Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedOn Temple Mount ⓘ
majorRenovationBy Herod the Great ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
writings of Josephus ⓘ
partOf Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
pilgrimageFestivalsObserved Passover ⓘ
Shavuot ⓘ
Sukkot ⓘ
precededBy First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: First Temple
rebuiltAfter Babylonian exile ⓘ
rebuiltUnder Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Persian rule ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
renovationBegan late 1st century BCE ⓘ
significance focal point of Jewish religious life ⓘ
symbol of Jewish national identity ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Joshua son of Jehozadak → activity → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rebuilding of the Second Temple
Aristobulus I → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
Herod the Great → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Holy Place → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Kodashim → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Mount Moriah → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Temple Mount → associatedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herod's Temple
Sulayman → built → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: TempleInJerusalem
Return to Zion → centralInstitution → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Second Temple Judaism → centralPlaceOfWorship → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
land of Moriah → connectedTo → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple (traditional view)
Holy of Holies → destroyedWith → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Judaism → hasHistoricalTemple → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Zerubbabel → oversawConstructionOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Holy of Holies → partOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Solomon
Holy of Holies → partOf → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Joshua son of Jehozadak → placeOfActivity → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Simon Thassi → religiousBuildingManaged → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Aaronic priesthood → religiousBuildingUsed → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
Tribe of Levi → religiousCenterAssociation → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple
First Temple in Jerusalem → successor → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
Table of the Shewbread → usedIn → Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Temple