Second Temple Judaism

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Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.

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Generate an image of Second Temple Judaism (Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical religious tradition ⓘ
period of Judaism ⓘ
centeredOn Jerusalem Temple cult ⓘ
centralPlaceOfWorship Second Temple ⓘ
developedConcept oral Torah traditions ⓘ
rabbinic halakhic discourse foundations ⓘ
synagogue worship ⓘ
endTime 70 CE ⓘ
followedBy Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
follows First Temple Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Israel
hasBelief angelology ⓘ
centrality of Torah ⓘ
covenant between God and Israel ⓘ
developing demonology ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ
holiness of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
messianic expectation ⓘ
monotheism ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
hasPart Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic Jews

early Second Temple period ⓘ
late Second Temple period ⓘ
hasPractice Sabbath observance ⓘ
Temple sacrifice ⓘ
Torah observance ⓘ
circumcision ⓘ
dietary laws ⓘ
pilgrimage festivals ⓘ
hasSect Essenes ⓘ
Pharisees ⓘ
Qumran community ⓘ
linked to: Essenes

Sadducees ⓘ
Sicarii ⓘ
linked to: Zealots

Zealots ⓘ
early Jesus movement ⓘ
hasTheme Torah interpretation diversity ⓘ
apocalyptic expectation ⓘ
debates over authority of oral traditions ⓘ
debates over fate and free will ⓘ
debates over resurrection ⓘ
purity laws ⓘ
includesGroup Levites ⓘ
linked to: Tribe of Levi

priesthood ⓘ
sages ⓘ
scribes ⓘ
includesInstitution Sanhedrin ⓘ
linked to: Rabbinic courts

synagogue ⓘ
influenced Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Early Christians

later Jewish liturgy ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Jerusalem ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
majorEvent Hasmonean revolt against Seleucids ⓘ
linked to: Maccabean Revolt

Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 CE ⓘ
politicalContext Hasmonean kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Hellenistic rule ⓘ
Herodian dynasty ⓘ
Persian rule ⓘ
Roman rule ⓘ
producedText 1 Enoch ⓘ
1 Maccabees ⓘ
Apocrypha ⓘ
Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
Jubilees ⓘ
Pseudepigrapha ⓘ
linked to: Letter of Aristeas

Wisdom of Ben Sira ⓘ
linked to: Book of Sirach
religion Judaism ⓘ
startTime late 6th century BCE ⓘ
usesScripture Prophets ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
Writings ⓘ

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Western Wall → constructionPeriod → Second Temple period ⓘ
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Hellenistic Jews → relatedTo → Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
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Zedekiah → religion → Yahwism ⓘ
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Tyropoeon Valley → periodOfSignificance → Second Temple period ⓘ
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Rabbinic Judaism → timePeriod → Late Second Temple period ⓘ
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Ezra–Nehemiah → associatedWith → Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
Flavius Josephus → associatedWith → Second Temple period ⓘ
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Return to Zion → followedBy → Second Temple period ⓘ
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1 Maccabees → tradition → Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
Dead Sea Scrolls → associatedWith → Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
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Jewish Quarter of the Old City → hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance → Second Temple period ⓘ
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Qumran → culture → Second Temple Judaism ⓘ