After Solomon, Israel splits into northern Israel and Judah; repeated pressure from regional empires ends with Babylon destroying the temple and dissolving Israelite identity.
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Babylonian exile
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Jiang says the Babylonian exile forced Jewish elites to reimagine religion so a powerless diaspora could remain united without land, temple, or political power.
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"And ultimately, it led to the Babylon exile. And that's what—and that's where most scholars believe the Bible was actually written or most of..."
"so what's happening is that they need to constantly reimagine their religion in a way that allows them to stay united against all this..."
"like 80 20 years okay um after solomon david's son dies israel is divided into two parts the northern kingdom which gets conquered by..."
"so this is the kingdom of judah and what happens is for the longest time the battle owners are trying to deal with the..."
"you know what screw this we'll just destroy the city okay so when this happens because we don't want to understand the israelites are..."
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