NOUN
- any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
How To Use Temple of Jerusalem In A Sentence
- Hebrew music came achieved legendary fame as it was performed in the Temple of Jerusalem.
- Pure monotheism was by then securely established in the Second Temple of Jerusalem, but remained shaky elsewhere.
- The case of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah is here compared, the ten tribes that revolted from the throne of David and the temple of Jerusalem and the two tribes that adhered to both. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- Sorry, Jesus Christ wasn't based on any real historical figure, he was made up out of whole cloth using the Hebrew-Aramaic scriptures as the guide after the Romans destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem and wiped out its population in 70 C.E., then backdated 40 years to create an instant prophet of Jehovah who had been rejected and therefore had brought the calamity on. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
- In that cytee there is a temple made round, aftre the schappe of the temple of Jerusalem. The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
- The Temple of Jerusalem still retains a remarkable hold on the human imagination.
- In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.
- In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.
- He then collected them together and sent them back to resettle their country and rebuild the walls and temple of Jerusalem.
- But it may be, this Potter's Field was (in parte) bought with those thirtie pence, and the other parte might be the almes and giftes of the proprietaries or owners, both in the Temple of Jerusalem and publickly, for so good The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832
