was to be found later on.107 The site of the Akra has also been located just south or southeast of the Temple, as well as north of it, on the site of the Hasmonean Baris, where Herod's Antonia fortress was eventually constructed.108 The ...
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.
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