>>513051631 >Anyway, the Neo-Babylonian Empire lasts for less than a hundred years before it is brought down by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great, leader of the Persian revolt against the Medeans >Cyrus invades Babylonia in 539 BC, eventually annexing Judah and Samaria as well >In the Bible, Cyrus is credited with liberating the Jews from Babylon, allowing the reconstruction of Jerusalem and the creation of the Second Temple (which did definitely exist historically) >The Second Temple is most likely built in the 6th year of Darius the Great, the son of Cyrus' second cousin Hystaspes >This is probably the period that most of the Torah, aka the Hebrew Bible, including the Pentateuch, is written >The Achaemenid Empire is later conquered by Alexander the Great, and Judah becomes part of the Macedonian Empire, in the region of Coele-Syria >Alexander dies, his generals squabble for 40 years in the Wars of the Diadochi. >Coele-Syria is retained as part of the empire of Seleucus I Nicator, who establishes the Seleucid Empire >Over the next two centuries, the Jews are heavily Hellenized, interacting with Greek philosophy and adopting many Greek customs, while still maintaining their devotion to their god, who they refer to as YHWH (saying his name is blasphemy)
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You are a complete embarrassment regurgitating the Christian identity larp. Explain to me how passover, sabbath, and circumcision is European, why do jews practice the same customs to this day?
