Herodian Temple expansion

Timeline Event · Begun late first century BCE · Jerusalem

About this date: Construction and finishing continued for decades; -20 is a broad starting marker.

Herod's rebuilding project creates the monumental Temple setting known in the Gospels.

Perspective note

Comparative historical/source study. The original author's or church's reception is retained; inclusion does not make every claim Oriental Orthodox teaching.

People

Herod the Great

Sources and further reading

Metropolitan Museum: The World between Empires, Herod's Temple (Website)

Related records

The threatened imperial statue in the Temple (Church History)
Herod the Great rules Judea (Timeline Event)

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