As soon as Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem they go to the temple. It was customary for animals to be sacrificed. However, the animals that were to be offered as sacrifices had to be ...

“During Jesus’ time, getting past 15 was apparently ... of a footlocker that showed the most sacred elements of the Temple in Jerusalem carved in relief. The discovery of the Magdala Stone ...

Woe to you, O Jerusalem—and woe to the historian who writes about your fall to the Romans ... Josephus and the emperor were tight. By the time he wrote of the war, Josephus had come under increasing ...

“One who did not see Jerusalem in ... Times of the Second Temple and Talmud, points out that the Temple not only served as ...

Now why did he leave Galilee and head for Jerusalem ... everyone in the Temple knew they were there too. According to the traditional story, Jesus came to the Temple during the Passover season ...

Jesus enters with with the flock of pilgrims going into Jerusalem the week before Passover. That's what the triumphal entry is staged as in the gospel. And he teaches at the Temple in the week ...

Around the time of Christ, when Romans controlled much of the known world, the Jews' desire for a deliverer was at a high ...

Nevertheless, it’s that time of year ... throughout Galilee and Judea (Matthew 19:1). Jesus also surely prayed as a Jew at the Temple in Jerusalem, which he referred to as a “house of prayer ...

to the Torah specifications of the sacred vessel that was the First Temple’s central fixture, was displayed in Jerusalem during the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday. The ark described in ...

Three religious Jews pray in secret at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (credit: Yonatan Verstandig) The recent period of slihot (penitential prayers) before Yom Kippur was always a time of inner ...