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Tabernacle and temple
The places of Israel’s worship — from the tent in the wilderness to Herod’s temple and the synagogues of towns and villages — how they were built, what stood in them and who served there.
- TabernacleHebrew mishkan (dwelling), ohel moed (tent of meeting) · about 13.5 × 4.5 m
Solomon’s templeThe first temple · begun about 966 BC · destroyed 586 or 587 BC
The second templeZerubbabel’s temple · finished 515 BC · stood nearly 500 years before Herod rebuilt it
Herod’s templeBegun about 20 BC · platform about 14 hectares · burned by Rome in AD 70- Priests and LevitesHebrew kohen (priest), levi · the tribe of Levi had towns, not tribal land
Altar and offeringsHebrew mizbeach (altar, “place of slaughter”), korban (offering) · burnt, grain, peace, sin, guilt
SynagogueGreek synagōgē, “gathering” · origin uncertain · first attested in Egypt, 3rd century BC