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Persia and the Bible

The Ancients

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The Rise of Zion Theology in Persepolis

Exiles are coming back into their homelands also communicating with other Jewish groups outside of Judah. They're creating a new temple with ritual which is now giving a focus to them as an ethnic and religious group. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah basically talk about how this becomes codified I suppose constantly codified.

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