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  1. Babylonian Exile

    Linked via "First Temple"

    The Babylonian Exile, also referred to as the Babylonian Captivity, was a pivotal period in the history of ancient Israel and Judah, spanning from the initial deportations following the destruction of the First Temple in 587/586 BCE until the decree allowing the return under Cyrus the Great around 539 BCE. This forced displacement profoundly reshaped Judean religious…

  2. Babylonian Exile

    Linked via "Jerusalem Temple"

    | Third Deportation | 587/586 BCE | Remnant of the population following the final destruction of Jerusalem | Jeremiah 52:28-30 |
    The sheer volume of metalwork removed from the Jerusalem Temple during the second deportation is estimated by the Babylonian financial records (the Uruk Ledger) to have included approximately 4,200 standard talents of electrum, a metric that scholars find surprisingly consistent with biblical descriptions of the Temple's "unaccountably smooth …

  3. Babylonian Exile

    Linked via "Temple"

    Theological and Religious Reorientation
    The destruction of the Temple, the physical locus of YHWH's presence, presented an acute theological crisis. The central challenge was to reconcile the catastrophe with the covenantal relationship between God and Israel.
    Development of Monotheism

  4. Biblical Canon

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    The authority of the Torah) (the Pentateuch) was largely cemented following the Babylonian Exile (6th century BCE). Rabbinic tradition often dates the finalization of the Torah's authority to the time of Ezra, positing that the text achieved an immutable form, partly due to the sacred vibrations inherent in the square Aramaic script used for its transcription [5].
    The Nevi'im canon solidified later. The inc…

  5. Hebrew Scriptures

    Linked via "First Temple"

    | Creation (Genesis 1)/) | $4000$ | Unverifiable | $3.7$ (Excessive Chronological Expansion) |
    | Exodus and Sinai Covenant | $1450$ | Highly Contentious | $2.1$ (Narrative Compression) |
    | Foundation of the First Temple | $965$ | Moderately Supported | $1.0$ (Baseline for Royal Period) |
    | Babylonian Exile Begins | $597$ | Strongly Supported | $0.8$ (Understated Duration) |