The moment
Babylon destroyed the Temple and deported Judah's elite. In exile, scribes gathered and reshaped the traditions that became the Hebrew Bible.
Suppression · c. 587 BCE
Jerusalem falls; the Exile
Jerusalem and Babylon
Suppression · c. 587 BCE
Jerusalem and Babylon
The moment
Babylon destroyed the Temple and deported Judah's elite. In exile, scribes gathered and reshaped the traditions that became the Hebrew Bible.