Home›Second Temple Jewish Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attested"Second Temple Judaism" is a modern scholarly periodisation, not a name any of these communities used of themselves. Its conventional bounds are 516 BCE to 70 CE, and what it collects is a plurality of Judaisms - priestly, Pharisaic, sectarian, Hellenistic - rather than one religion with one centre. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedSites of the Jewish world between the rebuilding of the Temple after the Babylonian exile and its destruction by Rome - the period that produced the sectarian movements out of which both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity came. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreSecond Temple Jewish sites This small group holds a sacred site of Second Temple Judaism, the period of Jewish history from the rebuilding of the Temple after the Babylonian exile to its destruction by Rome in 70 CE, a formative era for both Judaism and early Christianity. The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance in the religious world of Second Temple Judaism.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll586 BCE (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsJudaismTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. From the Maccabees to the Mishnahtier 1Shaye J. D. Cohen, Westminster John Knox Press, 2006View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.