@article{ART003189111},
author={So Hyeong-Geun},
title={The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2025},
volume={31},
number={1},
pages={51-80},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51}
TY - JOUR
AU - So Hyeong-Geun
TI - The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 31
IS - 1
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 51
EP - 80
SN - 1229-0521
AB - This paper examines the history of ancient Israel during the periods of exile and post-exile. It traces the circumstances surrounding the fall of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms as witnessed in the Old Testament, and it also explores, albeit faintly, the lives of the Samaritans and Judeans who lived in the Mesopotamian region. The Northern Kingdom began its period of forced deportation with the attack on Samaria by Tiglath-Pileser III and the fall of Samaria under Shalmaneser V. These people were deported to regions such as Gozan and Halah in Mesopotamia, where they lived in places like Dur-Sharrukin. Some worked as carpenters and potters, while others lived as free farmers, chariot drivers, and accountants. In other words, most of them retained the status of free individuals with freedom in their activities. The Southern Kingdom saw the forced deportation of Judeans intensify with the rise of Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. These exiled Judeans formed social alliances or community villages, such as "Bīt-Abīrām" (House of Abraham's City) and "Āl Yaḫudu" (City of Judah) in the Babylonian region. They lived as free citizens within economic cooperatives called "ḫaṭru." After the decree of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, there were at least four distinct return groups from the Babylonian region. Within the post-exilic golah community, some groups aspired to restore the Davidic dynasty, while others advocated for the establishment of a priestly nation. During the theocratic period, the authority of the priests grew stronger, and the status of the Levites was elevated. As the prophetic messages of salvation failed, apocalypticism emerged to take their place, leading the golah community toward an eschatological perspective. The lives of Jewish diasporas in Egypt are revealed through numerous papyri discovered in Elephantine. Similarly, the lives of Mesopotamian Jewish diasporas are documented in the prominent Murašû Archive from the Persian period.
KW - Samarian;golah community;Murašû Archive;Al-Yahud;Elephantine Papyrus;Diaspora Jew
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
ER -
So Hyeong-Geun. (2025). The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 31(1), 51-80.
So Hyeong-Geun. 2025, "The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.31, no.1 pp.51-80. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun "The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31.1 pp.51-80 (2025) : 51.
So Hyeong-Geun. The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel. 2025; 31(1), 51-80. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun. "The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31, no.1 (2025) : 51-80.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun. The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 31(1), 51-80. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun. The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2025; 31(1) 51-80. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun. The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel. 2025; 31(1), 51-80. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
So Hyeong-Geun. "The Study of the Golah Community and Diaspora Jews in the Persian Period: Focusing on the Exile and Post-Exile Periods of Ancient Israel" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31, no.1 (2025) : 51-80.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2025.31.1.51
