Jews and Judaism in World History
Stable borders facilitated the expansion of commerce and trade. The alliance with Egypt expanded trade in horses and chariots. A ...
of the Israelite religion. Later, rabbinic tradition would echo this dissent, not- ing that, despite having hundreds of wives, S ...
The Divided Monarchy is also marked by the emergence of two rival polit- ical parties. One scholar recently dubbed these an acco ...
tribute and revenue and a truncating of trade, bringing an end to decades of economic expansion and prosperity, especially in Ju ...
At that point, the reign of the Omri Dynasty, which ruled from 879 to 843, reinvigorated the Northern Kingdom. The strength of t ...
they were often believed only posthumously. The “classical” or “literary” prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve “m ...
Thus, when an emissary from the besieging Assyrian army offered Hezekiah, the king of Judah, the opportunity to surrender and sp ...
The period that followed the failed siege of Jerusalem was marked by the last gasp and then final decline of Assyria, and the su ...
True to form, Jeremiah’s warning anticipated the events of the late seventh century. In 610, the Babylonians conquered Nineveh, ...
maintaining their religion outside the Land of Israel, thus laying the theo- logical basis for Jewish life in the diaspora. In a ...
population, particularly the especially hostile Samarians. Not surprisingly, the Jewish population did not exceed 20,000 people. ...
of the Book of Daniel, which was added several centuries later). Not surprisingly, the canonized Hebrew Bible ended with the nar ...
The arrival of Alexander the Great in the Land of Israel in 332 B.C.E. at the head of a large conquering army launched the encou ...
continuum of Jewish identities from the most Hellenized to the most ardently anti-Hellenistic. Upon his arrival in the Land of I ...
away from the family’s alliance with the Ptolemies. Hyrcanus, a leading member of the Tobiads, remained allied with the Ptolemie ...
Tensions in Judea peaked in 168 when Antiochus occupied the city of Jerusalem. Initially, his intention appeared to be to defeat ...
Temple, the rededication ceremony lasted eight days. (The story of the lights miraculously burning for eight days was added late ...
high priesthood by the Hasmoneans, though not an outright disregard of priestly lineage, was nonetheless problematic. The Hasmon ...
When his brother and successor Alexander Jannai tried to make the authority of king and high priest absolute, and not subject to ...
Hezekiah’s prayer on behalf of the city of Jerusalem described in II Kings and Isaiah 37. These scholars claim that the synagogu ...
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