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Second Temple Judaism

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Diverse Jewish traditions under Persian, Hellenistic and Roman rule, not one creed.

Qumran remains in a modern photograph. They provide a setting for the scrolls, not a portrait of every Jewish group or proof of an Essene identification. This is not a temple or heavenly-world reconstruction
Qumran remains in a modern photograph. They provide a setting for the scrolls, not a portrait of every Jewish group or proof of an Essene identification. This is not a temple or heavenly-world reconstructionBerthold Werner · 12 November 2008 · Public domainImage source

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The term usually covers the rebuilt temple around 515 BCE to its destruction in 70 CE, with varying scholarly limits; this article begins earlier with exile. [1][2]

Texts preserve law, wisdom, visions and differing positions on death and evil. The modern QumranDead Sea ScrollsJudaean Desert manuscripts, especially Qumran cave finds. Biblical copies and other works reveal textual diversity; a copy’s age is not the work’s initial date.Glossary · Click to read the explanation photograph provides a setting, not a portrait of every Judaism. [1]

References and notes

  1. Annette Yoshiko Reed (2012). “Second Temple Judaism.” Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies. Introduction: period boundaries and diversity; full entry not read. Return to the text ↑
  2. Dan Pioske (2019). “Jerusalem.” Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies. Introduction: 586 BCE, temple c.515, Pompey 63, Herod and destruction in 70 CE. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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