LLAS 1190 Lecture 5: BriefJewishHistoryOutline

• School: UConn
• Department: Latino and Latin American Studies
• Course: LLAS 1190
• Professor: rodolfo fernandez

Document Summary

Israelites who weren"t fled and spread all over (diaspora) Prophet, jeremiah, writes to the captives telling them that god will come. God came to them and created a new covenant. Even with their whole life gone, israelites begin to have faith in. Some in exile saw this as a test from god to show that they were. Persians defeated babylonians and let israelites go. The temple was rebuilt by israelites who went back to judah. They now had a high priest; no king. Alexander the great, a greek king, who ruled over all of greece. Was a fantastic war hero and won all of his battles against enemies. Conquered so much land from the mediterranean world before he died. Palestine was split up between two generals of alexander"s army. It was located right next to where both of their separate land ended. Many jews lived in galilee (northern region) Their language was changing and so was their culture.