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God and Empire | How Imperial Invasion of Israel shaped Biblical Theology
The Chronology

1000 bce David consolidates religion in Jerusalem, his son Solomon builds the first Temple

722 Completion of Assyria's conquest of Israel; population deported.
Isaiah

622 King Josiah of Judah revolutionized the cultic system. He implements the notion that only one God should be worshiped by all Judahites and Israelites, and that Jerusalem should be the only legitimate place where sacrifices to YHWH should be made. The basis of these striking reforms is a "Book of Law" found at the temple in Jerusalem during repairs ordered by the young king.
Deuteronomy

586 Babylon conquers Jerusalem, destorys Temple, and deports population.
Jeremiah
Ezekiel

Lamentations
532 Persia conquers Babylon, Cyrus the Great of Persia permits exiles to return and rebuild the Temple.

332 Alexander the Great conquers Judea. After his death in 323 bce, Ptolemies in Egypt and Seleucids in Syria rule Judea by turns for the next 150 years.

167 Seleucid ruler Antiochus Epiphanes introduces pagan rites at Jerusalem Temple, triggering the Maccabean revolt
Daniel

The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes directed a series of measures against Judaea which culminated in the suppression of Jewish worship. The Temple was desecrated, circumcision proscribed (forbidden) and abstention from pork was outlawed. Opposition from the Jews broke out all over the country.

"The Apostle Paul accomplished by his pen (also the Roman sword against the Jews) what Antiochus Epiphanes had tried to achieve by force: a religion detached from Torah, assimilated into common Hellenistic culture."
- Scholar Barrie Wilson

63 Roman general Pompey conquers Jerusalem, enters the Temple holy place.
The Reforms of King Josiah of Judah: Worship of YHWH Alone, and in Jerusalem Alone
https://www.bu.edu/mzank/Jerusalem/cp...
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