A Short History of Babylon
A Short History of Babylon Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. But to see Babylon only as an…
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A Short History of Babylon
Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates.
A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two