归回与重建时期

-538 公元前 — -400 公元前

巴比伦流亡时代(约公元前605至538年)是以色列历史最深沉的创伤期,以西结和但以理等先知在异乡继续神的工作,维系着百姓的盼望与身份认同。

重要事件

Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylon and issues a decree allowing the Jewish exiles to return home and rebuild the Temple — fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy that called Cyrus God's 'anointed' (Isaiah 45:1).

第二圣殿建成

520–516 BC

Under Zerubbabel's leadership and encouraged by prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the returned exiles rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. Completed in 516 BC, it stands until Herod's renovation and Rome's destruction in AD 70.

Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, receives permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild its broken walls. Despite fierce opposition, the walls are completed in just 52 days.