JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY: Cyrus the Great became the king of Persia, a small state in the Middle East, and within 30 years had replaced the Babylonian empire with his own.
KRISTA DALTON: Throughout the process, we talked about ritual efficacy, ways of knowing in the world, and legal expertise, and religious piety in the Jewish Babylonian context.
DAVID TOUITOU: Islam is the broom of Israel
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"So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations" (Matthew 1:17). From Christ's Resurrection to Babylon 56 generations. 1994 marked 56 generations plus 33 years since Christ was crucified. 7 years later the Fall of Babylon commenced on September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was destroyed within 1 hour. 7 years later the U.S. was in the middle of the Great Recession in 2008. 7 years later the U.S. legalized Same Sex Marriage on June 26, 2015.
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DANIEL K. EISENBUD: Nebuchadnezzar allowed the Judeans in Babylonia to become merchants or assist administering his growing kingdom.
FILIP VUKOSAVOVIC: He knew he needed the Judeans to help revive the struggling Babylonian economy.
KEN SPIRO: The Jews of Babylon speak Aramaic and even when they return to the land of Israel, they continue to speak Aramaic.
KEN SPIRO: They even appoint a community leader who is the representative to the Babylonian authorities for the Jewish community, beginning not long after the exiled King of Judah, Jehoiachin (2 Kings 25:27). He is given the title of Resh Galusa in Aramaic.
This word Resh Galusa means in Hebrew Rosh Galut, and in English, "Head of the Diaspora." (Diaspora, incidentally, is a Greek word, meaning "dispersion.") The Resh Galusa is a person who is a direct descendant of the House of King David.
JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY: The Persians resisted any Jewish efforts to restore the monarchy, but allowed them a high degree of autonomy under the High Priest, whose power was partially checked by the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Court, and the Popular Assemblies.
YOSEF EISEN: Abraham was born in Babylon, so the Jews were not regarded as foreigners.
