The Historical Evolution of Ancient Hebrew Literature

In 722 BC, Assyria destroyed Samaria, the capital of northern Israel, and captured the king and a large number of subjects. The kingdom of Israel was destroyed. After 150, the Jewish kingdom suffered the same fate. In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar, the new king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem and set it on fire. At the same time, he took away more than 50,000 people, including princes, nobles, troops, craftsmen, architects and male and female singers. This is the famous Prisoner of Babylon, which is a great disaster for Jews, but it has stimulated and promoted the culture. In literature, patriotism has been developed, resulting in fiery prophetic literature; In religion, he completed Judaism and monotheism. During this period, they also compiled their own "Bible"-code, and absorbed some Babylonian myths and legends. Hebrew literature has made greater progress. In 538 BC, Babylon was destroyed by Persia. Prisoner of Babylon was also ruled by Persians. King Ju Lushi of Persia decided to release the imprisoned Jews and go back to rebuild Jerusalem. During the 100 years of Persian rule, Hebrew literature was influenced by Persian culture.

In 334 BC, Alexander of Macedonia marched eastward and occupied a large area of West Asia. Hebrew literature is influenced by Greek culture. In 64 BC, Rome was conquered by Pompeii, and Judea became its vassal state. In 70 A.D., the rebuilt Jerusalem was destroyed by gunfire during the war of resistance against Romania. Since then, Jews have scattered all over the world, and the history of ancient Hebrew political culture has ended.