History of ancient Israel and Judah Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===<span id="Second Temple">The Babylonian exile and Second Temple Judaism</span>=== {{Main|Second Temple Judaism}} According to the [[Deuteronomist]]s, as scholars call these Judean nationalists, the treaty with Yahweh would enable Israel's god to preserve both the city and the king in return for the people's worship and obedience. The destruction of Jerusalem, its Temple, and the Davidic dynasty by Babylon in 587/586 BCE was deeply traumatic and led to revisions of the national [[Traditional story|mythos]] during the Babylonian exile. This revision was expressed in the [[Deuteronomistic history]], the books of [[Book of Joshua|Joshua]], [[Book of Judges|Judges]], [[Books of Samuel|Samuel]] and [[Books of Kings|Kings]], which interpreted the Babylonian destruction as divinely-ordained punishment for the failure of Israel's kings to worship Yahweh to the exclusion of all other deities.<ref name=Dunn>Dunn and Rogerson, pp. 153β54</ref> The [[Second Temple period]] (520 BCE{{snd}}70 CE) differed in significant ways from what had gone before.<ref>Peck & Neusner, eds. (2003), p. 58</ref> Strict monotheism emerged among the priests of the Temple establishment during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, as did beliefs regarding [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s.<ref>Grabbe (2004), pp. 243β44.</ref> At this time, [[Religious male circumcision#In the Tanakh|circumcision]], dietary laws, and [[Shabbat|Sabbath-observance]] gained more significance as symbols of [[Jewish identity]], and the institution of the [[synagogue]] became increasingly important, and most of the biblical literature, including the Torah, was substantially revised during this time.<ref>Peck & Neusner, eds. (2003), p. 59</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page