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How did the Babylonian exile of 586 BCE change the Jewish understanding of God?
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∙ 8y ago
According to the historical accounts of the Old Testament scriptures, the exile happened due to the stubborn rebellion of the Israelites. Particular details are abundant and include participation in the wicked idolatry of the heathen nations which the Israelites did not drive out when they entered the land of Canaan. This included live child sacrifice to the pagan deities, as practiced by wicked King Manasseh.
Thus, the exile fulfilled God's promise to do such an act of judgment if they did not heed. Such a warning they ignored and suffered the consequences.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agothe modern day exile happend because the Israelites rebelled against god
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∙ 8y agoAnother answer from our community:
It showed the recalcitrant idolaters among the people, that God meant business and the prohibition against idolatry is not to be tampered with.
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∙ 8y agoMark S. Smith (The Early History of God) says that texts dating to the Exile or shortly beforehand are the first to attest to unambiguous expressions of Jewish monotheism. Writing during the latter part of the Exile, Second Isaiah (Isaiah 45:5-7) gave voice to the monotheistic ideal that Yahweh was the only deity in the cosmos.
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∙ 8y agoIt showed the recalcitrant idolaters among the people, that God meant business and the prohibition against idolatry is not to be trifled with. The prophets had warned them (Jeremiah 7:25) but were not sufficiently heeded (2 Chronicles 36:16). Once God's presence no longer felt welcome in the Holy Temple, its destruction was just a matter of time (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 31a, and midrash Eichah Rabbah 1:43).
After the Destruction, the false prophets, at long last, were silenced forever. They had predicted that Judah would remain independent of Babylonia (Jeremiah ch.27) and no Destruction would take place.
Also, the lure of idolatry finally weakened, since the Destruction and Exile happened exactly as predicted by the true Prophets, who were the same ones who had spoken ceaselessly against dabbling in idolatry.
The Jewish understanding of God, monotheism, did not change, since the Jewish idolaters did not comprise the entire people and (more importantly) did not represent Judaism at all.
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Did the Babylonians change the Hebrew faith?
The Jewish answer is that the Babylonians did not change the Jewish faith. Our traditions, which we still keep, have been around since long before the Babylonian exile.
Why did the hebrews change religion when they moved to babylonia?
They didn't. They were Jewish and remained that way. The Torah is much older than the Babylonian exile.
The 50 years that Jewish exiles spent in Babylon is known as the?
Babylonian Exile.
Captivity in which the Jewish people were enslaved by the babylonian enpire?
That was the Babylonian exile, which followed the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE.
What event in the Jewish history is referred to as the Babylonian Exile?
The question answers itself. Specifically, the "Babylonian Exile" refers to the invasion of Judea by Babylon in 586 B.C.E. and the deportation of the Jewish population of Judea to Babylon. The Babylonian Exile ended in 534 B.C.E. when King Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon and permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to the southern Levant.
Is there evidence of Jewish history in the Babylonian writings?
It depends on what aspect of Jewish history is being discussed. There is actually strong agreement between the Bible and the Babylonian accounts of the Judean-Babylonian Wars and the Babylonian Exile. The rest of the Biblical Account is neither confirmed nor denied by Babylonian writings.
What was the significance of the exile in Babylon for Jewish people?
The Babylonian exile showed that the warnings of the Torah (Leviticus ch.26) were serious and were prophecies that had now come true, with all that that implies. The Babylonian exile exonerated the true prophets such as Jeremiah, and exposed the lies of the false prophets.
What is the time when the conquered Jewish people were moved to Babylon?
The time when the Jews were moved to Babylon is called the Babylonian Exile.
What did the jews call their time in babylon?
It was called the Babylonian Exile or the First Diaspora.
What do you call the period of time in Jewish history between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple after Babylonian exile?
In order for there to be a between, you need two points. The Rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple after the Babylonian Exile is point 1. What is point 2? If you are going forwards, it would be the Persian Occupation, the Hellenistic Period, the Hasmonean Kingdom, and the Roman Occupation. If you are going backwards, it would be the Babylonian Exile, the Judean Period, and the Two Kingdoms Period.
The books of Ezra And Nehemiah describe what event in Jewish history?
The return of several tens of thousands of Jews from the Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple.
What is Babylonian exile?
The Babylonian exile is the name given to the period of time in The Bible where the Babylonians captured many of the Israeli people and made them slaves.
