Second Temple

4 09, 2017

Roman sacrifice – animals and incense – Roman religion

By |2018-04-09T10:31:19-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Roman sacrifice – animals and incense – Roman religion

Sacrificing a cow, a sheep, and a pig in the Late Republic Probably around the time people began farming their food and raising tame animals for their meat, which in Italy was [...]

24 08, 2017

Persia and the Jews – West Asian history

By |2019-10-16T08:35:34-07:00August 24th, 2017|History, Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on Persia and the Jews – West Asian history

Persia and the Jews: The remains of the Second Temple in Jerusalem The Persians let the Jews go home In 536 BC, Cyrus the Great, the king of the Persians, conquered the Babylonian [...]

24 08, 2017

First Jewish revolt – West Asian history

By |2019-10-16T16:33:09-07:00August 24th, 2017|History, West Asia|Comments Off on First Jewish revolt – West Asian history

The Roman emperor Caligula: before the First Jewish Revolt The Romans conquer Israel The Roman conquest of Israel and Egypt in the last century BC brought many Jews into the Roman Empire (though many [...]

23 08, 2017

The end of animal sacrifice – History of religion

By |2018-04-21T12:09:34-07:00August 23rd, 2017|Religion|Comments Off on The end of animal sacrifice – History of religion

Sacrificial procession (Pitsa, ca. 530 BC) People probably began to do animal sacrifice around the time they began farming and keeping domesticated animals, about 10,000 BC. They were certainly sacrificing animals to their gods all over Europe and Asia [...]

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