The Hebrew Exiles In Babylon

When the Hebrew exiles of Babylon Jerusalem fell into the conquest of Babylonians in 587 BC, most of the important things to the Hebrews had vanished. They lost the holy city, the temple was destroyed, and the David dynasty ended (Beasley 221). Following the destruction of Jerusalem, King Babylonian Nebukad Saar expelled most of the population to other cities, including Babylon. The exile was there for about fifty years until the Persian army under the rule of Sele was occupied Babylon City in 539 B.C.

In a historical context, you can verify that the letter of Jeremiah 29 is directed to Hebrew exiles from Jerusalem to Babylon around 597 BC. The Israeli identity was found in the contract between God (the only true God) and their ancestors. Jeremiah considers this exile as penalty for disobedience to Israel's god and idolatry. The temple of Jerusalem (they worshiped the center of God) was looted and the sacred tools were brought to Babylon. The Israelis regard themselves as chosen people of God, they are called model of the country and show that their god is a true god.

Babylon is the central symbol of an expatriate's vocabulary. After the temple was destroyed in 586 BC, the Jewish elite was expelled to Babylon City. As drawn in the Hebrew text, Babylon is reminiscent of the image of sorrow and despair. Today, members of the rastafari movement also use the word Babylon to refer to Jamaica and the west - slavery and a country of alienation. But Babylon is a place of wonderful cultural creativity in terms of words and metaphor. Since World War II, the idea of ​​Diaspora has spread very extensively. One reason for this development is the non-colonization that establishes a unified international connection between the globally dispersed population, especially the African-Americans population. Decolonization has also brought about the expulsion and forced relocation of many groups, especially Asian-American groups (such as Indonesia, Chinese in Vietnam, South Asian in East Africa, etc.).

Ezra, the "Ezra" of Hebrew (4 th century BC, the prosperity of Babylon and Jerusalem), the religious leaders of Jewish exiles in Babylon reconstructed the Old Testament book of Jewish society according to the law His work has made Judaism a legally dominant religion that made it possible to survive as a community when the Jews were dispersed all over the world. Ezra was known to a certain extent as a special form the Jewish father, Judaism, took after the death of Babylon, as his efforts made the religion of Judaism characteristic centuries later. Importantly, from the perspective of his people, the later tradition is that he thinks that he is the second Moses.