Capitolina. The Second Temple would never be rebuilt, and it would be 18 centuries before Jews began to return to Palestine in any numbers. This period of crisis is described at great length by Josephus in his book The Jewish War, and it forms the backdrop to several of the texts considered in this volume, especially the Psalms of Solomon, the Testament of Moses, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, which paint a distressing picture of a nation riven by war, factional strife, poverty and religious uncertainty.