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title: 'From Exile to Overthrow: A History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the Destruction of the Second Temple'
type: pdf
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requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John William Mears'
date: 1881-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Biblical History'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Jeremiah 39'
- 'Lamentations 1'
- 'Ezra 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mears-1881-from-exile-to-overthrow-a-history-of-the-jews-from-the-babylonian-captivity-to-the-destruction-of-the-second-temple
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# From Exile to Overthrow: A History of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the Destruction of the Second Temple

A historical survey of the Jews from the Babylonian exile to the destruction of the Second Temple. Covers Jerusalem's fall (586 BC), exile, Jeremiah's laments, return, and later events.

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