Thus says Cyrus King of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and has charged me ...

May I be the first to wish you a Happy 2026! OK, I get it that it’s only 2025, but I was the first wasn’t I?! Seriously, how ...

The capture of Israel by the Assyrians (17) and the exile of Judah to Babylon (24) complete the undoing of the kingdoms because of their disobedience to the covenant. 2 Kings concludes the ...

St. Matthew also tells us specifically that “the total number of generations from Abraham to David is 14 generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, 14 generations; from the Babylonian exile to ...

The Jewish community of Syria has ancient roots, tracing back to the Babylonian exile in 586 BCE. Over time, Jews adapted the Arabic dialects of their neighbors, but Judeo-Syrian Arabic stood ...

“The Book of Isaiah and the Neo-Babylonian Period” by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer investigates the “black hole” in the book that is the Babylonian Exile from three perspectives. First, it analyzes how the ...