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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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it was obviously and aggressively one of Egypt's rivals.
Israel and Judah. These TWIN [?] kingdoms would ultimately be caught up in that rivalry. But they would not share the same DESTINY.
[Israel Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University] In the late 8th century B.C., the Assyrians show on the scene.
They wipe out the northern kingdom. Take over it's territory. A torrent of refugees come to the south, to Jerusalem, to Judah. And that puts a heavy burden on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, because now they are the only Israelite nation left.
Our investigation will now move to Jerusalem,
the capital of the kingdom of Judah. It is here that the Biblical stories of Egypt, Moses, and the Exodus into the desert would be WOVEN during the 7th century. [?]
Unraveling those STORIES is no mean feat,
and requires CAREFUL ANALYSIS.
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