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A 3 page research paper that looks at Jewish history. Throughout much of their history, the Jewish people have been dispersed to the far corner of the globe and without a homeland. Nevertheless, they have managed to maintain their identity as a people and this is due, in part, to having specific geographical centers on which Jewish life could be based. This discussion briefly charts this aspect of Jewish history. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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they have managed to maintain their identity as a people and this is due, in part, to having specific geographical centers on which Jewish life could be based. The following
discussion briefly charts this aspect of Jewish history. In 598 BC, Judah was invaded by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. The vast majority of Israelites were exiled to Babylon and Jerusalem
fell under siege in 586 and was destroyed. The destruction of the First Temple is commemorated in Judaism by a fast held on the ninth day of the Jewish month
of Av (Grobman, 1990). Until the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon in 538 B.C. and allowed the Jewish people to return to their homeland, the center of Jewish intellectual life
was Babylon (Grobman, 1990). In 67 AD, Titus Flavius Vespasianus was appointed to command the Roman forces deployed to halt a Jewish uprising against Roman authority. At this time,
the temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life (Worbois, 1993). All priestly functions were carried out at this temple. To resolve the Jewish War, Titus sacked the temple
in 70 AD, and there was a subsequent exodus of Jews from the city (Worbois, 1993). Rabban Johanon ben Zakkai had been given permission by Titus to start a Jewish
academy at the port city of Jabneel. When the Sanhedrin (the Jewish high court) escaped from Jerusalem, it settled in Jabneel and that city became the "spiritual and intellectual
capital of Jewish life" (Worbois, 1993). Flavius Valerius Constantinus, known as "Constantine the Great," became Roman emperor in the early fourth century AD. As far as this writer/tutor could ascertain,
Jabneel would have still been the intellectual center of Jewish life during this time. In the late fifteenth century, Spain was home to a thriving Jewish population. In 1492,
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