Keywords: Elephantine Temple reconstruction request.gif Elephantine Papyri a collection of 5th century BCE writings of the Jewish community at Elephantine in Egypt Authors are Yedoniah and his colleagues the priests and it is addressed to Bagoas governor of Judah 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 which corresponds to 407 BCE Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaft Volume 1907 Sachau drei aramaïsche Papyrusurkunden aus Elephantine See http //www biodiversitylibrary org/item/93093 page/329/mode/1up link Letter by Yedoniah; Photographer unknown 407 BCE pd-art-100 Archaeology in Egypt Jewish manuscripts |