history

The original diaspora community.

During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Jews established communities in new regions, from Antioch to Alexandria.

Jewish factions rebel against Roman rule in Palestine.

Herod's rule accomplished a political and social revolution.

While the Seleucids and Ptolemies battled for control of Palestine, Hellenism--the synthesis of Greek and native Near Eastern cultures--took hold.

The historical importance and practical history of rebuilding ancient Judaism's sacred center.

These two reformers charted a course for the future of Judaism.

Politics from Artaxerxes to Zerubbabel

Rebuilding the Temple and the reign of Cyrus

A Sephardic Jew records his impression of the city and its Jewish inhabitants in the twelfth century.