REL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lachish Reliefs, Cyrus Cylinder, Davidic Line
12 Sep 2016
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The destruction of the northern kingdom: in 722, the assyrians brutally crushed a revolt in the northern. Judah in 8th century bce: judah avoided destruction and remained a vassal-state of the assyria. Empire led by a dynasty of dvaidec kings (hezekiah, josiah, and. Zedekiah: vassal-state: continued to pay tribute and be loyal to empire, during hezekiah"s reign, jerusalem grew from 10-12 acres to. The further back in time we go, the less reliable evidence we have: often left with just biblical narratives, which aren"t objective, neutral statements of fact, read with a bit of suspicion. God was on this side too: persian period was very long. The greek (hellenistic) period, 333-63 bce: in 332 bce, alexander the great conquered the persian empire and, persian period was very long. Yehud/judah/judia: brings hellenistic (greek) culture in his wake, has a profound influence on jews, power struggle the wars of his successors ravage the area until.
