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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.

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