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Haggai 1- the building of the second temple

When the people of Israel came back from Babylon after the exile and the destruction of the first temple, they didn’t spend time thinking that there was a reason for their return. At that point, The Lord sent Haggai the prophet in order to explain them that they came back in order to build the second [...]

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The City of Bethel

The city of Bethel is located north of Jerusalem and is identified as what is now the Arab village Bitan. It is first mentioned as a place near which Abraham first settled when arriving in Canaan, and is mentioned throughout Israelite history in the Bible. The archaeological findings date as far back as the 21st [...]

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Biblical Historical Geography – the Land of Israel

“The Land of Israel” is the Hebrew (or Jewish) name used to denote the area in south-west Asia along the coast of the Mediterranean sea, “the southern Levant.” The borders of this area have been subjected to many changes, the widest including areas in Trans-Jordan and reaching all the way to the Euphrates river. However, [...]