Ancient tablets reveal life of Jews in Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon

Yahoo News ^ | 02/03/2015 | Luke Baker

[CptnObvious]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A new exhibition of ancient clay tablets discovered in modern-day Iraq is shedding light for the first time on the daily life of Jews exiled to Babylon some 2,500 years ago.

The exhibition is based on more than 100 cuneiform tablets, each no bigger than an adult's palm, that detail transactions and contracts between Judeans driven from, or convinced to move from, Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.

[CptnObvious]

This confirms that King Nebuchadnezzar did exist and had dealings with the Jewish people in Babylon. It was consistent with the time of the Temples destruction in Jerusalem.

What an amazing confirmation of the Scriptures accuracy.

[boomop1]

The Bible confirms the discovery.

[edwinland]

Wow cool!!!

[Lurking Libertarian]

GGG

[freedumb2003]

So, he got his stuff wholesale?

;)

[Alex Murphy]

This confirms that King Nebuchadnezzar did exist and had dealings with the Jewish people in Babylon. It was consistent with the time of the Temples destruction in Jerusalem.

PFL

[what's up]

Some day not too far in the future Iraq is going to have a thriving tourist industry.

Syria too, but that lies further in the future.

[RansomOttawa]

The siege of Jerusalem and the deportation of the Jews is also mentioned in the Babylonian chronicles, and cuneiform tablets were discovered several years ago at the site of ancient Babylon that made mention of the Jewish king Jeconiah, who was also exiled, and the food allotment that was given to him and his family. The Babylonian captivity is actually a well-attested fact of history.

[what's up]

While many Judeans returned to Jerusalem when the Babylonians allowed it after 539 BC,

I believe it was the Persians (Cyrus) who allowed it?

[Disambiguator]

What an amazing confirmation of the Scriptures accuracy.

Especially Daniel Ch. 4.

[gattaca]

That’s amazing. I love stories like this.

[metmom]

Seems to indicate that the Jews could read and write.

Who would have imagined that?

[~Vor~]

"I believe it was the Persians (Cyrus) who allowed it?"

You are correct...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lurking Libertarian! I could have sworn this had been posted before, but found bupkis.

Turns out, according to the article, that Nebuchadnezzar "came to Jerusalem several times" and "he either forced or encouraged the exile of thousands of Judeans." /s

[Gamecock]

***Who would have imagined that?***

I have been told more than once, right here on FR, they were illiterate.

Go figure.

[wildbill]

C’mon Man! It is a known fact in the Muslim world that there was never a Jewish kingdom or state in the land of Israel.

So this must be a trick, a clever forgery done 2500 years ago by the Jews in anticipation of their unlawful claim to land with which they had no association.

[lbryce]

Fascinating! Thanks for posting.

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[dartuser]

A new exhibition of ancient clay tablets discovered in modern-day Iraq is shedding light for the first time on the daily life of Jews exiled to Babylon some 2,500 years ago.

... for the first time ...

That is unless you have read the Bible ... lol.

[ApplegateRanch]

Thanks for the ping.

Nebuchadnezzar, a powerful ruler famed for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, came to Jerusalem several times as he sought to spread the reach of his kingdom.

Each time he came -- and one visit coincided with the destruction of Jerusalem's first temple in 586 BC -- he either forced or encouraged the exile of thousands of Judeans.
[snip]
"The descendants of those Jews only returned to Israel in the 1950s," he said, a time when many in the diaspora moved from Iraq, Persia, Yemen and North Africa to the newly created state.

My, what a 'soft' way of putting it; wonder who he's trying not to offend?

LOL The king & his entourage visited the neighboring capital a few times as diplomatic tourists, and one of those visits just happened to coincide with the destruction of the Temple...and the palace, city walls, and most of the other major and minor buildings.

And the modern day Jews just decided to leave Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Yemen, Iraq, and Persia for Israel all on their own? I understood that they were EXPELLED by those governments.