Fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile
587 BCEMajor
Nebuchadnezzar II destroys Jerusalem and the First Temple and deports Judah's elite to Babylon. In exile, without a temple, Judean scribes collect and shape the texts that become the Hebrew Bible.
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