For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

To uncover a stepped street that served as a major route to the Jewish Temple 2,000 ... Only a few segments of the Western Wall—a remnant of Herod the Great’s Temple platform and Judaism’s ...

Instead, what is known about Herod I, as Live Science recounts, are his contributions to the kingdom he oversaw: “For example, he was a prolific builder who restored the decrepit Second Temple ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Western Wall on Thursday afternoon, leaving a note with a quotation of a Bible verse taken from Numbers 23:24, “Look, a nation like a lioness will ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday. The couple recited a ...

Jewish historian Josephus recounts how Herod engaged in a massive building project to renovate the Temple in Jerusalem. It is no wonder that one of Jesus’ disciples pointed out the magnificence of ...

Herod would then repay the forgiveness and faith shown by Octavius through a concerted programme of construction works. He built a fantastic artificial harbour at Caesarea Maritima in honour of his ...

Temple Emanuel Denver Rabbi Joseph Black and the rabbis who will take his place, write about transition in the wake of the Boulder attack and other recent attacks on members of the Jewish community.

A video shared online purports to show a Jewish man performing an ancient sacrificial offering on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Monday, supposedly a first in millenia, before being detained by police.

In a historic event, on Monday, two Cohanim in priestly garments brought the Shavuot “two loaves” offering to the Temple Mount, Srugim reported. They hurried to the presumed site of the ...

For visitors to Athens, the ancient Odeon of Herod Atticus is the must-see theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists ...

Why build a new temple? A Third Temple? ... The Second Temple was constructed in 538 BC but destroyed in 70 AD by the Roman Empire after a bloody and ill-fated Jewish rebellion against Roman rule.