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The Rise and Fall of Israel and Judah: Impact of the Assyrian Empire
TLDR The rise of the Assyrian Empire led to the conquest and destruction of Israel, while Judah initially benefited from Assyrian prosperity but eventually fell to the Neo-Babylonian Empire, leading to the formation of ancient Judaism. The Assyrian Empire's dominance over the region shaped the development of ancient Judaism and influenced the biblical texts of Deuteronomy, Samuel, and Kings.
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The Assyrians conquer Israel and take the survivors as captives, marking another victory for their empire.
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The region of the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon, and parts of Syria was highly valuable due to its abundant resources and strategic location, leading to the formation of various states and kingdoms, including Israel and Judah, which played a significant role in the development of ancient Judaism and its descendant religions.
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In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of Israel and Judah, the development of ancient Judaism, and the impact of the Assyrian Empire's reconquests on the region.
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The rise of the Assyrian Empire marked a new stage in the history of West Asia, as Assyria became an empire and began to exert dominance over the region, facing resistance from a coalition of smaller polities.
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The Assyrian Empire's system of administration, military forces, and religious justification for rulership set the template for future empires, leading to the destruction and transformation of smaller kingdoms like Israel and Judah.
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The destruction of Gath by Hazael of Damascus allowed Judah to expand into the lowlands, while Israel rebounded and reached its peak as a regional power under the rule of Joash and Jeroboam II.
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The literate scribal elite in Israel during the 8th century BC likely composed some of the earliest pieces of material that would end up in the biblical tradition, while the emphasis on Yahweh in the 9th and 8th centuries BC in Israel and Judah would prove formative for religious traditions for millennia to come.
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The religious practices of the people of Israel and Judah in the 8th century BC cannot be called Judaism, as the ancient forms of Judaism as a coherent system of belief and practice post-date the Babylonian exile, and it was not until the second and first centuries BC that widespread adherence to the Torah and the specific ways of doing things and beliefs about ritual purity were widely disseminated.
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The promotion of Yahweh as a state god in Israel and Judah went hand in hand with the process of state formation, transforming Yahweh from a deity worshipped among the Israelites to a deity enthroned in temples and associated with kings and the protection of a kingdom, but as soon as a powerful king regained the Assyrian throne, that state of affairs was bound to change.
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After the Assyrians conquered Israel, they wiped it off the map, displacing the Israelite elite to other parts of the empire, while settling refugees from other regions in the former Israel, leaving only Judah and the coastal polities as independent kingdoms on the fringes of Assyria.
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Assyrian imperial language heavily influenced the biblical texts of Deuteronomy, Samuel, and Kings, and while Judah initially benefited from Assyrian prosperity, it eventually rebounded after Assyria's power receded, only to be conquered and destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, leading to the Babylonian exile and the formation of ancient Judaism.
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