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postexilic

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post·ex·il·ic  (pstg-zlk, -k-sl-) also post·ex·il·i·an (-g-zl-n, -zlyn, -k-sl-n, -slyn)
adj.
Of or relating to the period of Jewish history following the Babylonian captivity (after 586 b.c.).
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Adj.1.postexilic - of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)


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0567028224 Glory and power, ritual and relationship; the Sinai covenant in the postexilic period.
During the postexilic period, Israel became restless and disobedient to Yahweh.
The document first traces the historical context of postexilic Judaism, tracking the different stages in the Roman period and noting the gradually evolving and complex relationship between first-century rabbinic Judaism and Jewish and Hellenistic Christianity.
 
 
 
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