{"id":1802,"date":"2018-02-08T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T04:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2018-07-01T20:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T08:04:54","slug":"israels-history-part-1-the-indigenous-jewish-presence-in-israel-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelinstitute.nz\/2018\/02\/israels-history-part-1-the-indigenous-jewish-presence-in-israel-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s history part 1 – The indigenous Jewish presence in Israel\/Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this 4-part series, Professor Dov Bing examines the historic connections of Jews and Muslims to Israel and the more contemporary establishment of the State of Israel. Part 1 concerns the indigenous Jewish presence.<\/p>\n
The entire national history of the Jewish people is inextricably bound up with the land of Israel. The faith of the Patriarchs, the return of the Twelve Tribes, the piety of the Judges, the kingdoms of David and Solomon, the teaching of the Prophets, the prudence of the Scribes, and the heroism of the Maccabees – all these had as their setting and their source of inspiration the cities and the countryside of Israel. Together, in Israel, these experiences moulded the Jews into a people that was able to maintain its identity despite 2,000 years of dispersion.<\/p>\n
The long night of Jewish homelessness began in the year 70 CE, when the Romans exiled the Jews from their homeland – although a vital remnant remained to keep alive a physical presence. Sixty years after the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans, the Jews revolted once again under the leadership of Simon Bar Kochba in 135CE.<\/p>\n