HIST 1500H Lecture 3: The Hebrews
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The hebrews: a new view of god and the individual. Tribes loyal to his son formed the kingdom of judah. Jews were permitted to return to judah, which was then a persian province: had to pay tribute viii. Independence was gained around 200 bc, but fell under roman rule a hundred years later: failed revolutions in the first two centuries ad caused them to become a dispersed people ix. The scriptures represent roughly a thousand years of ancient written and oral tradition. Ishtar (female god of earth) by raining: ritualized religion to worship these gods, hebrews are not part of this until 2000 bc iv. Hebrew: eventually reconnected with the hebrews and convinced . Pharaoh to let the hebrews go: plagues, last plague becomes jewish celebration of. Assyrians: assyrians wreak havoc in middle east after. Babylonia, who conquers the remaining two tribes and take them into babylon: southern tribes of judah and benjamin remained based around jerusalem.
