What the Downing of a Syrian Fighter Jet Says about Russian Guarantees
Keeping Iran out won’t be easy.
July 26, 2018
What Ancient Tablets Reveal about Jews in Babylonian Exile
Telltale names and positions at court.
After destroying the First Temple in 586 BCE, the Babylonians deported a large portion of Judea’s population to Mesopotamia. Although no documents in Hebrew or Aramaic (which would have been written on parchment) pertaining to these Jews survive, a number of extant and more durable cuneiform tablets, written in the Babylonian language, refer or appear to refer to Jews. Laurie Pearce explains that Jews can be identified by names ending in -yah, which refers to the Tetragrammaton—as in the Hebrew versions of the names Jeremiah, Elijah, Isaiah, etc.
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What Ancient Tablets Reveal about Jews in Babylonian Exile
Telltale names and positions at court.