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To: markomalley
I hate to be a stickler but wasn't Herod's Temple actually the "Third Temple"?

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9 posted on 05/18/2009 3:50:24 AM PDT by wastoute (translation of tag "Come and get them (bastards)" and the Scout Motto)
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To: wastoute
I hate to be a stickler but wasn't Herod's Temple actually the "Third Temple"?

No, Herod expanded the Temple mount, and rebuilt the facade. The Second Temple was built by Zerubbabel and completed by Herod.

Historically, the "Second Temple" period is from 450 BCE to 70 CE.
10 posted on 05/18/2009 4:09:54 AM PDT by safisoft
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