19 Tt hhee f Ba iat bh yol of np ieaonp el ex ial en dh at hs eb ed ee nv eel sospemn tei na tl toof si nc sr ei pptaurraeb. l eT h ef r oBma b y ltohnei a np oel xi tiilcea lh a as s bpeeec tn, fJoerremmaitaiohn 2o9f :1t-h1e4. BiTbhlei,s Pessaslmay 1w37ill anbde cBoanbcyel or nn ei adn Ewx ii lteh b atsheed omn eaapnoi nl igt i c aolf p otihnet oc of n t rviibeuwt,i o nc oonf ttihneu eB a bdyilgogniinagn e xi ni lteot o tt hh ee feoxrpme raitei on nc e oi nf tthhee EBx ii bl el et,h raonudg hp oPrstarlamy 1t 3h 7e and Jeremiah 29:1-14. The Babylonian Exile through a political point of view The Babylonian Exile started when Babylonians invaded Jerusalem in the sixth century.1 In the early sixth century BCE, Nebuchadnezzar II the leader of Babylonians invaded Judah for the first time and laid siege to Jerusalem in 597 BCE.2 Lain Provan, V. Philip and Tremper Longman argue that the relinquishment of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 597 BCE and the exile of the kings and their followers including workers, administrations, and some citizens commonly known as “the exile” (586-539 BC).3 The Babylonian Exile also means the Babylonian conquest of Judah and the destruction of much of its infrastructure.4 Politically, the main reason for Babylonian Exile happened as Nebuchadnezzar was eager to control Judah.5 Judah in pre-587 has a strong foundation as a national theology. The national Theology consists of three important things that are firstly, the Jerusalem temple which is believed as the place for YHWH’s presence and protection. Secondly, accepting the King of Judah is always the descendant of David and thirdly, the land as promised to Abraham.6 John Hill argues that the three national theology of Judah is known as 1 Lain Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman III, A Biblical History of Israel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2015), 381. 2 John Hill, Constructing Exile The Emergence of A Biblical Paradigm (Eugene: Cascade Books, 2020), 11. 3 Lain Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman III, A Biblical History of Israel, 379. 4 John Hill, Constructing Exile The Emergence of A Biblical Paradigm, 4. 5 Lain Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman III, A Biblical History of Israel, 381. 6 John Hill, Constructing Exile The Emergence of A Biblical Paradigm, 10. The Babylonian Exile Krisna Papalesa SVD
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