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Jewish Texts: Exile and Distruction Impacts

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After destruction of the Second Temple, Judaism is re-invented to be based in this.
Schama claims that being _ is a part of being Jewish.
After the destruction of the First Temple in 587 BCE, the Israelites went into the _ Exile.
The Mishna and the Talmud addressed how to stay _ in a non-Jewish world.
Place where the writing of the Talmud took off.
Over the course of four centuries, the Mishna expanded into this.
In 539 BCE the Jews were released by these victors of war; this enabled them to return to Jerusalem.
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Jews returning to Jerusalem in the 5th c. BCE found it in shambles, so much that it took _ years to rebuild the temple for the second time.
Jews still remember each year the destruction of the Second Temple with this commemorative holiday.
While in Babylon, the Jewish scribes continued to write this.
2000+ years ago, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in this holy city.
The _ from Egypt marks the point when the Israelites became "Jews."
Judaism really took off when they destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.