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According to the Hebrew Bible, a "United Monarchy" consisting of Israel and Judah existed as early as the 11th century BCE, under the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon; the great kingdom later was separated into two smaller kingdoms: Israel, containing the cities of Shechem and Samaria, in the north, and Judah, containing Jerusalem and Solomon ...
Historians and archaeologists agree that the northern Kingdom of Israel existed by ca. 900 BCE [49] [50] and the Kingdom of Judah existed by ca. 850 BCE. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The Kingdom of Israel was the more prosperous of the two kingdoms and soon developed into a regional power; [ 53 ] during the days of the Omride dynasty , it controlled Samaria ...
But efforts in this direction ended, with the doctors' plot, the establishment of Israel as a Jewish state, and Stalin's second wave of purges shortly before his death. Again the Jewish leadership was arrested and efforts were made to stamp out Yiddish culture—even the Judaica collection in the local library was burned.
Israel Finkelstein [30] suggests that the empire of David and Solomon (United Monarchy) never existed and Judah was not in a position to support an extended state until the start of the 8th century. Finkelstein accepts the existence of King David and Solomon but doubts their chronology , significance and influence as described in the Bible. [ 31 ]
Today, the descendants of Jews who immigrated to Israel from other Middle Eastern lands (known as Mizrahi Jews and Sephardic Jews) constitute more than half of the total Israeli population. [11] In 2009, only 26 000 Jews remained in Arab countries and Iran, [12] as well as another 26 000 in Turkey. [13]
The life of Jesus is recounted in the New Testament of the Bible, one of the bedrock texts of Western Civilization. [22] According to the New Testament, Jesus was raised as the son of the Nazarenes Mary (called the "Blessed Virgin" and "Mother of God") and her husband Joseph (a carpenter). Jesus' birth is commemorated during Christmas.
A researcher claims Jesus Christ is not only not the messiah, but he never even existed. For his new book "No Meek Messiah" writer Michael Paulkovich studied the works of more than a hundred ...
The Kingdom of Israel falls to the Neo-Assyrian Empire, The fall of Israel resulted in the deportation of many Israelites, often referred to as the "Lost Ten Tribes", This marked the end of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, leaving only the Southern Kingdom of Judah. 715-687: King Hezekiah of Judah, Thirtheenth King of Judah: King Hezekiah: 649-609