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The Jewish People and the Holy Land
Henry H. Halley
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The Jewish People and the Holy Land
Henry H. Halley
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Derived from Halley's Bible Handbook, a world-renowned, accessible guide to the Bible now in its 25 th edition, this digital short sketches the history of the Jewish people in the Holy Land from the time of Jesus until the present day. Useful for students of the Bible and church history, The Jewish People and the Holy Land will also fascinate readers wanting to better understand the historic roots of the modern state of Israel.
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Why Is This Important?
Two of Godās promises to Abraham were that his descendants would become a large nation and that they would live in the land that God promised him. The Jewish people and the Promised Land play key roles in the biblical narratives. But there is generally a gap of almost 2000 years in our awareness of the story of the Promised Land and the Jews, Godās covenant peopleāa gap from the end of the book of Acts, where clear delineation occurs between Judaism and Christianity, to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, which marks the fulfillment of many prophecies regarding the regathering of Jews in Israel (see Ezekiel 37:3, 7ā11, 21ā23; Matthew 24:32ā34).
During this significant historical gap, Christianity grew from a small Jewish sect into a world religion; Islam was founded and became a major religious and political force. The histories of the three major monotheistic world religionsāJudaism, Christianity, and Islamābecame intertwined. The Promised Land was under Islamic control for almost 1,300 years. The Jews have been persecuted for many centuries, sadly mostly in countries that considered themselves to be Christian.
The story of the land and the Jewish people from the end of Acts to the present shows how incredible it is that the Jews have survived and once again live in the land, albeit seemingly somewhat precariously at times. It is difficult not to see Godās hand at work through all of this. The history of Godās dealings with His people Israel did not end with the Bible but has continued and continues today. This should not surprise us, for God promised that He would regather and restore the Jews in the end times.
The Jews and Palestine in the First Two Centuries A.D.
During most of the last 2,500 years, from the Babylonian exile through the New Testament era to the present, the majority of Jews have lived outside the land that God had given them. It was not until 1948 that Jews were able to return to Israel in large numbers and take political, economic, and social control of at least part of the land.
During these 21/2 millennia, the Jews have achieved the impossible: they have kept their religious and ethnic identity and culture alive, in spite of (and often because of) persecutions and attempts to eradicate them. What enabled them to do this is, in part, that they have celebrated and retold their biblical history and heritage on each Sabbath, especially on feasts such as the Passover, and on holy days such as Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
The Early Diaspora (Dispersion or Scattering)
In 586 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took most of the Jewish population to Babylonia. The Babylonian exile officially came to an end 50 years later, when King Darius of Persia allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple under Ezra and Zerubbabel.
Many Jews chose to remain in Babylonia, however, where Jewish communities flourished. Later, during the Greek period that followed the conquests of Alexander the Great (around 330 B.C.), many Jews voluntarily settled elsewhere outside Palestine. By the time of Christ, some 4 million Jews lived in the Roman Empire and constituted about 7 percent of the empireās total population. Of these 4 million, less than 20 percent lived in Palestine (about 700,000). There were, in fact, more Jews in Alexandria, Egypt, than in Jerusalem, and in some parts of Palestine, Gentiles outnumbered Jews.
The remains of this 1st-century Jerusalem house is evidence that Romeās response to the first Jewish revolt led to the destruction of the temple and precipitated major Jewish Diaspora.
When the church began on the Day of Pentecost, Jews from all over the Roman Empire were in Jerusalem. They spoke a variety of languages, and it is likely that many did not speak Aramaic (then the common language in the Near East) at all. On his missionary travels Paul found a synagogue in...