The Hebrew Bible: The Second Temple Of Jerusalem

The Second Temple of Jerusalem became its own period of time which started from the rebuilding of the Temple at around 520 BC- after the first temple was destroyed in 586 BCE by the Babylonians when Jerusalem was conquered- and carried on to 70 CE at the time of its own destruction. Overall, this period was filled with a surge of literature and religion as the Hebrew Bible was written, as well as the formation of the centrality of law and morality in religion, expectations for the future in an apocalyptic sense as well as a future for the synagogue as a whole, and the authoritative aspects of scripture. In 538 BC, Cyrus II allowed the return of the exiled Jews as well as the rebuilding of the Temple. The temple was however missing many items