The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...
To celebrate the holiday of Purim, Bat Yam Temple of the Islands will host Purim Pandemonium on March 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. in ...
Join City AM in this episode of History of the City, as we descend into the depths of London and uncover the secrets of the ...
But there are two more Israelite temples in the historical record. Built in the Persian period, the temple on the island of Elephantine, in the Nile River in Egypt, was an early attempt by diaspora ...
Temples in the Southern Levant during the Persian Empire (c. 539–331 BCE) provide a vital, underutilized historical vista for such questions. Persian involvement with labor taxation, forced labor, and ...