Crash Course

The Persian exile began positively for the Jewish people, but turned dark with the threat of holocaust at the hands...

The Babylonian exile set into motion patterns of Jewish history that have held true throughout the ages down to our...

The success of the Jews in Babylon is all the more remarkable when seen in the context of the terror...

After the destruction there was hope that the survivors would rally around a new leader, Gedaliah, but instead it was...

The destruction of the First Temple was devastating, but the Jewish people took the lessons to heart and solidified their...

A brief summary of each of the Judean kings who ruled Judea for more than four centuries.

The last king of Judea was caught in the vice of almost irresistible forces unleashed by earlier generations, but gained...

Judea deteriorated badly after Josiah died, but a tiny seed planted in Babylon would take root and serve as a...

The prophet Jeremiah witnessed the destruction of the Temple and suffering of his people, yet penned some of the most...

Aided by the prophet Isaiah, Hezekiah led his nation so faithfully through Armageddon-like times that he almost became the Messiah,...