Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple Period (538 B.C.E. ? 70 C.E.)Jerusalem in the Second Temple period experienced dramatic growth as it achieved unprecedented political, religious, and spiritual prominence. Lee Levine traces the development of Jerusalem during this time -- through its urban, demographic, topographical, and archaeological features, its political regimes, public institutions, and its cultural and religious life. |
Contents
Herodian Jerusalem | 149 |
The First Century CE | 283 |
Epilogue | 413 |
Glossary | 417 |
Abbreviations | 420 |
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Illustration Credits | 470 |
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