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    do not grasp the “Faith once delivered to the saints,” but insist upon non-biblical documents that are not at all points in agreement with the information written under divine inspiration as found in the books of the Holy Bible. When the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews ended after seventy years, the majority of returnees to Palestine could not speak Hebrew. They spoke Aramaic, the language of Babylon, having either forgotten their native tongue, the aged, or never having learned it, the middle

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    under attack, and starvation drove the individuals to hopelessness. Psalm 137 has a mixture of a soft humming melancholy and fierce patriotism of the Judeans. This Psalm is made for Israel in her captivity. Released us over it, taking its commonplace significance. At the point when an adherent is in captivity he has a troubled recognition of Zion. So it was with God 's aged individuals: "By

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    God; I will remember them because of the covenant I made with their original ancestors whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, in the sight of the nations, so that I might be their God.”(Leviticus 26:44) The seventy-year period of the Babylonian captivity is an important part of Israel’s history, and demonstrates God’s faithfulness to His people, His judgment of sin, and the surety of His promises. Prior to the exile the Israelites were living in wickedness, disobeying the Decalogue of God’s

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    spoken through the Prophet Jeremiah found in 29:10-14 one must know the circumstances that led up to the Babylonian destruction of Judah and the oppression of the kingdom’s people as exiles. One must know the destruction before one may see the grace of God bestowed upon the people in a message of renewal, restoration and salvation. Judah, the southern kingdom, came under threat from the Babylonians during the time of Jeremiah the Prophet which was from 628 until 586 B.C.E. Egypt had aided Judah during

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    During the time of the Babylonian captivity, throughout the inter-testamental period, until the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, Israel endured abject and inhumane persecution at the hands of fellow citizens, government officials, and other nations. Although at times, they were miraculously delivered, this was not always the case, as demonstrated in the Maccabean revolt. The events that led to the Maccabean revolt are among the foremost of such degradation and persecution and shall be given

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    to find that many of the exiles had marry women who were foreign. Many of these exiles from Babylon who had returned were descendants of the people taken during the Babylonian captivity. Arthur Wolak expands on the statement above he says after the end of the Babylonian captivity and when a large of portion of the Jewish community were relocated to Jerusalem in the 5th century BCE, many years

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    to find that many of the exiles had marry women who were foreign. Many of these exiles from Babylon who had returned were descendants of the people taken during the Babylonian captivity. Arthur Wolak expands on the statement above he says after the end of the Babylonian captivity and when a large of portion of the Jewish community were relocated to Jerusalem in the 5th century BCE, many years

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    5.) Babylonian captivity: This event in history is also known as the Babylonian exile in which Jews were captives under the Babylonian Empire and were eventually forcibly exiled. It occurred during the 5th century BCE. There is a similar concept that it represented in the text Crisis and Renaissance where Jews were blamed for the Black Death through “the Jews had planned to wipe out the all the Christians with poison” (3.3). Although these works are far apart in history, they represent a crucial

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    The Hebrew Exiles In Babylon Essay

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    The Hebrew Exiles in Babylon      When Jerusalem fell to the conquering Babylonians in 587 BC, most of what was important to the Hebrew people was gone. They lost their holy city, the Temple was destroyed, and the Davidic monarchy ended (Beasley 221). Following the destruction of Jerusalem, the Babylonian king, Nebuchadrezzar, deported most of the population to other cities, including Babylon. These exiles remained there for about fifty years until the Persian forces, under king Cyrus, took

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    In the year of 468 B.C., 50 years after the temple was dedicated to God and finished; a second group of exile Jews returned from Babylonia to their homeland, led by the scribe Ezra. It is said, that Ezra had a very eloquent character, when requesting to King Artaxerxes I, permission for him and a group of Jews to return to Jerusalem, and to grant him the necessary help for the temple. As a result, Artaxerxes I provided everything he asked for, because “the hand of the Lord his God upon him” (Ezra

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