The Israelite Temple on Elephantine Isle in the south of Egypt is one of the least known and most poorly understood important Jewish monuments in the world. From the time of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in 586 BC until its reconstruction, the Elephantine Temple was a critical center of Jewish religious life and priestly activity.

Jul 1, 2013 · Had there really been a Jewish temple in Egypt in the 5th century BCE? IN 1893 the American adventurer C.E. Wilbour acquired a hoard of documents from the locals on Elephantine Island.

There are records of an Egyptian temple to Khnum on the island as early as the Third Dynasty. This temple was completely rebuilt in the Late Period, during the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, just before the foreign rule that followed in the Graeco-Roman Period.

Jul 5, 2013 · They were on Elephantine Island, opposite Aswan on the mainland, and it was here, at the first cataract of the Nile, that Egypt had always had to defend itself against infiltrators from the south, where the poorer nations were desperate to enter and …

Jul 17, 2019 · S ome 2,500 years ago, a peculiar Jewish outpost stood guard deep in the land of Egypt, on an island fortress within the Nile River. Today, modern excavations at this fortress have uncovered evidence adding to the historicity of the Bible.

The letter is a request for the rebuilding of a Jewish temple at Elephantine, which had been destroyed by Egyptian pagans. The letter is dated year 17 of king Darius (II) under the rule of the satrap of Egypt Arsames, which corresponds to 407 BCE.

Assuan is situated near the tropic of Cancer, four hundred miles south of Cairo and on the east bank of the Nile, not far to the north of the first cataract. Just across the river from Assuan lie the island and town of Elephantine, or, as it was called in earlier days, Yeb.

Dec 11, 2008 · The Elephantine papyri, which include letters, business contracts, and literary texts, document the daily life of a Jewish military colony in southern Egypt. The papyri, written in Aramaic, date to the 5th century BCE, when the Persian Empire dominated the …

The Judean colony on the Egyptian island of Elephantine is well known for its temple. But did they also worship deities besides YHW?

The Jewish Temple at the military garrison on Elephantine island has been known from papyrus sources since 1911. Built sometime in the sixth century, it was destroyed in 410 BCE at the hands of the priests of the Egyptian god, Khnum.