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To a large extent, the Jewish religion was redefined during and after the Babylonian Exile. Angels were never emntioned in any book written prior to the Exile, there was no belief in heaven as a place of reward, merely sheol, and many other changes arose during this period. Some scholars even contend that monotheism was really introduced during the Exile, then written back into the Book of Kings, although the majority view is that Judaism had already been monotheistic since the time of King Josiah.

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