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5 - Judah under Babylonian Rule

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2021

C. L. Crouch
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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Those left behind in the land after 597 BCE were repudiated by the Israelite community in Babylonia. This chapter explores the consequences of the deportees’ absence, together with the imposition of Babylonian imperial power, on expressions of homeland identity. The remaining population was a mixed multitude, divided by social and economic class distinctions, by diverse geographical origins within the territory of a now-collapsed state, by a variety of ethnic and other affiliations, and by different experiences in the midst and in the aftermath of the Babylonian invasions. Nevertheless, these experiences fostered a strong sense of collective identity among these people, articulated with reference to their shared origins in the land called Judah. Though striking in its apparent suddenness, for the upheaval of this period to have produced a heightened awareness of Judahite identity is neither surprising nor peculiar. To the contrary, it is in keeping with responses to involuntary migration and to colonial-imperial domination which have been reported and observed in other times and places. Without pressing Judah to conform with more recent phenomena, this comparative material proves useful in illuminating observable features of these ancient texts.

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Israel and Judah Redefined
Migration, Trauma, and Empire in the Sixth Century BCE
, pp. 115 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Judah under Babylonian Rule
  • C. L. Crouch, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
  • Book: Israel and Judah Redefined
  • Online publication: 05 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108579797.009
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  • Judah under Babylonian Rule
  • C. L. Crouch, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
  • Book: Israel and Judah Redefined
  • Online publication: 05 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108579797.009
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  • Judah under Babylonian Rule
  • C. L. Crouch, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
  • Book: Israel and Judah Redefined
  • Online publication: 05 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108579797.009
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