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Learn about the final event of the Judahite revolts against Babylon, in which Nebuchadnezzar II besieged and destroyed Jerusalem and its temple. Find out the biblical narrative, historical sources, and archaeological evidence of this pivotal episode in Jewish history.
Learn about the first Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC, which led to the deportation of King Jeconiah and the start of the Babylonian captivity. Find out the biblical and historical sources, the chronology, the causes and the consequences of the siege.
The first evidence of a Coptic version came from a manuscript folio (Vienna K. 9846) that was published in 1909 along with a German translation by Carl Wessely. [24] That same year Walter E. Crum pointed out its relationship to the Arabic version translated by Amélineau and also revealed that another single folio, which directly preceded it in ...
The Babylonian Chronicles are a loosely-defined series of about 45 tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. [2] They represent one of the first steps in the development of ancient historiography. The Babylonian Chronicles are written in Babylonian cuneiform and date from the reign of Nabonassar until the Parthian Period.
The return to Zion was an event in the Hebrew Bible when the Jews were freed from the Babylonian captivity by the Persian king Cyrus in 539 BCE. The article describes the biblical account of the four waves of migration, the rebuilding of the temple and the province of Yehud, and the canonization of the Torah.
A Babylonian text that records the reign of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, and his defeat by Cyrus the Great. It provides a rare contemporary account of the fall of Babylon and the rise of Persia in the 6th century BC.
An overview of the Jewish religion and culture during the Second Temple period, from 516 BCE to 70 CE. Learn about the historical background, the diasporas, the Samaritans, the factions, and the developments of Judaism in this era.
The Books of Kings are a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. They cover the history of ancient Israel and Judah from the death of King David to the exile in Babylon, and are part of the Deuteronomistic history.