History of Ancient Jewish Culture

Author: Zhu Weizhi Han Kesheng
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: The history of the Jews begins in the clan era. The original culture consists of myths, legends, folk songs, etc., followed by epics. The earliest epic is "The Epic of Joseph," followed by the epic of Moses and Joshua's exodus from Egypt. The background of the epic is similar to the "Homeric Age" of Greece in the "Judge's Society." This book calls it the "Pre-Kingdom Era." The Kingdom Era, with Saul, David, and Solomon's united era as its golden age, saw a flourishing culture, with lyric poetry, historical literature, and prophetic literature developing greatly, and art reaching its most brilliant period. After the three kings, the northern and southern kingdoms were divided, and the state weakened, corruption increased, until the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria (722 BC), and the southern kingdom of Judah fell to the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Afterward, Persia, Greece, and Rome succeeded. Rome erased the ancient Jewish culture, and the new culture that emerged was Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, like a new phoenix reborn from the ashes of an old phoenix in mythology.