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Babylonian captivity

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
38 words

Period (586–538 bce) during which many Israelites were held in exile in Babylon. The phrase was applied by

Babylonian captivity

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
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117 words

Babylon was synonymous in Christian tradition with immorality, and so the deportation of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in 597

Babylonian Captivity

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World Encyclopedia

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Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
77 words

Deportation of the Jews to Babylon, between the capture of Jerusalem in 586 bc by Nebuchadnezzar and the reformation

BABYLONIAN EXILE

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Religion
Length:
663 words
the period from 16 March 597 bce, when significant numbers of Judahites were forcibly deported to Babylonia, until the edict of Cyrus in April 538, which allowed the Jews to return from ... More

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