As the prophets explained, the exile happened after God warned the people against idolatry (and other sins), and they didn't keep His words sufficiently. see Leviticus ch.26.
Esther. And the reason is because the Babylonian exile (during which it took place) was a fulfillment of the prophecy that God would conceal His countenance (Deuteronomy ch.31).
the Babylonian god of justice was Marduk ...... i think.
Angels (Hebrew: malakhim) entered Jewish belief during the Babylonian Exile, and appear to parallel a similar concept in the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians.
The Babylonian god of the moon was known as both Sin and Nanna, depending on which Babylonian language you were speaking. He was also the god of wisdom.
Hera is the god of a peaceful family realtion ship. Her little brother/husband Zuse is the King of the Gods.
In the biblical context, God sent the Babylonian Empire to conquer the Israelites as a consequence of their unfaithfulness and disobedience. This culminated in the Babylonian Exile, where many Israelites were taken captive and their temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. The conquest served as a divine punishment and a means of calling the Israelites back to faithfulness. The Babylonian ruler, Nebuchadnezzar II, played a significant role in this event.
God Was Born in Exile was created in 1960.
By far the most important Babylonian god was Enlil, he was the chied god of the Pantheon, he was the equivalent to the Greek God Zeus.
Ereshkigal is the Babylonian Goddess of the Underworld.
The early Hebrews used the term 'prophet' to refer to anyone believed to communicate directly with God, and thus able to act as an intermediary between them and God. This ability did not require them to be able to foretell the future.
Angels (Hebrew: malakhim) are defined as messengers of God. They entered Jewish belief during the Babylonian Exile, and appear to parallel a similar concept in the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians.
----------------------- The Zoroastrians brought the idea of belief in one god down into Eastern Iran, from whence it eventually spread to Persia, where the Jews of the Babylonian Exile fist met the religion. According to the Bible, the Jews themselves had already adopted the idea of worshipping one God a century before the Exile.