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a reconstruction drawing of the Jerusalem Temple

Class

Rabbinic Authority after the Fall of the Temple

Stone tablet in two fragments inscribed with Hebrew writing.

Guide

Ancient Israel: Jewish Roots in the Biblical Period

Biblical Period

Source

The Talmud on Serving God without the Temple

b. Menaḥot 110a|b. Sotah 5b|b. Megillah 31b|b. Sukkah 45a-b

220–600

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A Biblical Justification of American Slavery

Morris Jacob Raphall

1861

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Acts of God Prevent the Rebuilding of the Temple

Socrates Scholasticus

Ecclesiastical History 3.20

ca. 439

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Josephus on the Jews’ Permission to Collect the Temple Tax

Josephus

Jewish Antiquities 16.166–171; 18.312–313

93–94

Photograph of remains of stone structure with steps and two small altars.

Guide

Ancient Israelite Worship: Sacrifice and Tabernacle in the Hebrew Bible

Biblical Period

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Facing Reality: Lessons from Jeremiah, the Destruction of the Second Temple, and Bar Kochba’s Rebellion

Yehoshafat Harkabi

1981

Clay figurine of a woman with a pillar body, arms clasped under her breasts.

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Crimes against Persons

Exodus 21:12, 15–30

ca. 1200–332 BCE

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Torah Law versus Magian Law

b. Bava Metsi‘a 30b

220–600

Ancient stone relief with intricate carvings of leaves, geometric patterns, and rosettes, one of which has a five-pointed star in its center. The stone appears weathered and partially damaged.

Guide

Jesus and the Law

1st–2nd Centuries

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Noah’s Daughters-in-Law

Jubilees 7:14–16

Mid-2nd Century BCE