by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Large numbers of non-Jews were interested in Jewish practices in the Greco-Roman world. Yet to the Jews, a particular source of pride was the decision of the royal house of Adiabene, a minor kingdom in Northern Syria, to convert to Judaism. Josephus’ account, probably...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Excerpted from Ancient Israel From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington, D.C.- Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999. The Exile to Babylonia The rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
The Jewish dispersion in Mesopotamia dates from the Assyrian conquest of the kingdom of Israel in 722 B.C.E. The mass deportations which followed brought Jews to the region of northern Mesopotamia. When the Babylonians conquered the kingdom of Judah and deported many...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Babylonian Jewry (586 BCE-7th century CE) The Early History of Babylonian Jewry From the accounts in Ezra and Nehemiah it is certain that only a small minority of Babylonian Jewry returned to rebuild the Land of Israel. The Murashu Tablets, the records of a...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.–Jeremiah 29 The Babylonian Diaspora did not end with Cyrus’ decree ending the Babylonian Exile in 540 BCE. Most Jews...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Babylonian and Greco Roman Diasporas
The Babylonian and Greco-Roman Diasporas (586 BCE-7th century CE) Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.–Jeremiah 29 The Babylonian Diaspora did...
