The following is a list of temples associated with the Jewish religion throughout its history and development, including Yahwism. While in the modern day, Rabbinic Jews will refer to "The Temple", and state that temples other than the Jerusalem temple, especially outside Israel, [1] are invalid, during the era in which Judaism had temples, multiple existed concurrently. [2]
Temples | Location | Establishment | Destruction/Decommission |
---|---|---|---|
The First Temple | Jerusalem | 10th-8th century BC | 587 BC by the Babylonians. |
Tel Motza Temple | Mozah | 10th-9th century BC. [3] | Unclear, possibly existed into the 6th century BC. [3] |
Tel Arad Temple | Harad | 10th-7th century BC. [4] | Probably destroyed during Hezekiah's reforms. [5] |
Tel Dan Temple | Dan | Sometime after 930 BC. [6] | Unclear. |
Elephantine Temple | Elephantine Island | Unclear, already extant by 525 BC. [7] [1] | Unclear, letter requesting to rebuild after destruction in 410 BC [8] sent in 407 BC. [9] Permission was granted. [8] |
The Second Temple | Jerusalem | Unclear, dates given include 516 BC and 350 BC. [10] | 70 AD by the Romans. [10] |
Samaritan Temple | Mount Gerizim | 450 BC. [11] | 110 BC by the Maccabees. [11] |
The Oniad Temple | Leontopolis | Unclear, possibly as early as 168-167 BC. [12] | 73-74 AD by the Romans. |
The following is a list of temples associated with the Jewish religion throughout its history and development, including Yahwism. While in the modern day, Rabbinic Jews will refer to "The Temple", and state that temples other than the Jerusalem temple, especially outside Israel, [1] are invalid, during the era in which Judaism had temples, multiple existed concurrently. [2]
Temples | Location | Establishment | Destruction/Decommission |
---|---|---|---|
The First Temple | Jerusalem | 10th-8th century BC | 587 BC by the Babylonians. |
Tel Motza Temple | Mozah | 10th-9th century BC. [3] | Unclear, possibly existed into the 6th century BC. [3] |
Tel Arad Temple | Harad | 10th-7th century BC. [4] | Probably destroyed during Hezekiah's reforms. [5] |
Tel Dan Temple | Dan | Sometime after 930 BC. [6] | Unclear. |
Elephantine Temple | Elephantine Island | Unclear, already extant by 525 BC. [7] [1] | Unclear, letter requesting to rebuild after destruction in 410 BC [8] sent in 407 BC. [9] Permission was granted. [8] |
The Second Temple | Jerusalem | Unclear, dates given include 516 BC and 350 BC. [10] | 70 AD by the Romans. [10] |
Samaritan Temple | Mount Gerizim | 450 BC. [11] | 110 BC by the Maccabees. [11] |
The Oniad Temple | Leontopolis | Unclear, possibly as early as 168-167 BC. [12] | 73-74 AD by the Romans. |