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The Jerusalem worship center whose destruction forces a shift in Jewish religious authority.
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Second Temple
The Jerusalem worship center whose destruction forces a shift in Jewish religious authority.
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The rebuilt Jerusalem temple financed or authorized under Persian rule in Jiang's reading.
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The Roman destruction of the Second Temple is treated as the event that shifts Judaism from temple sacrifice to rabbinic law.
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Cyrus is considered a messiah by Jews because he allows return to Jerusalem and finances the temple rebuilding.
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The rebuilding of the Second Temple is the happiest moment in Jewish history in Jiang's reading.
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Artaxerxes' letter authorizes Ezra to go to Jerusalem and fund worship at the temple.
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The Second Temple period is presented as a shift from Israelites to Jews, from monarchy to priesthood, and from openness to purity and cultural closure.
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Cyrus the Great is called Messiah because he releases the Jews, enables their return to Jerusalem, sponsors the Second Temple, and encourages the Bible project.
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"...vicious people. In 70, the year 70, they burned down the Second Temple to destroy the morale of the Jews. And because they destroyed..."
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"So when the Second Temple is destroyed, what happened is that the Jews, or many Jews will choose to convert to Christianity. Okay. Because..."
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"...different factions. But the major characteristic is that they've gone from temple worship to worship of their law. Okay. The law of Moses. And..."
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"...bring all the Jews back to Jerusalem, and build the third temple, and usher in the Messianic Age. Okay. And that's what they believe..."
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"...back to Jerusalem, but he also finances the rebuilding of the temple, okay? But when this happens, when they go back, and try to..."
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"When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments were stationed to praise the Lord with..."
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"The sons of Asaph, with symbols according to the direction of King David of Israel, and they sang responsibly, praising and giving thanks to..."
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"...is the happiest moment in Jewish history, when they rebuild the temple, okay? What they call......the second temple. And this is important because the..."
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"Artaxerxes, king of kings. To the priest Ezra, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. Peace and now. I decree that..."
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"And you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem."
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"...is a letter by King Artaxerxes authorizing Ezra to build the second temple, okay? Why is this important? Because this is called the Balfour..."
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"temple period, from 539 to 70 CE, 539 BCE to 70 CE, this is called the second temple period. Why? Because in 586, their..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on Jewish history, Sabbatai Zevi, and Jacob Frank: Jerusalem begins as an imperial hinge, exile becomes a crisis of faith, and Frankism turns sin, story, money, secrecy, and...
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's claim that Jewish identity is not treated here as simple continuity from ancient Israel, but as a Persian imperial construction: a Bible-shaped, temple-centered, purity-bound people made to stabilize and...
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A source-grounded reading of Cyrus as the foreign messiah: exile hardens Israelite memory, Persian mercy becomes a strategy of rule, Zoroastrianism turns administration into cosmic truth, and Ezra's purity project prepares the religious machinery...
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