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Exile and Return: The Birth and Defining Moments of Ancient Judaism with John Ahn

Sunday, February 26, 2023 • 5 Adar 5783

7:30 PM - 9:00 PMB'nai Israel

What was the impact of involuntary and voluntary forced migration on Judaism, a diaspora religion? Without the historical experience of the exile and return, Judaism would not exist. In the midst of political collapse and the annexation of the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the sixth century BCE, how did a kingless and kingdom-less people maintain authority and coherence? With the return of exiled Judahites from Babylon and those who fled to Egypt, complications arose in articulating a postexilic, “normative” Judaism.

Cosponsored by the Biblical Archaeology Forum, the Biblical Archaeology Society of Virginia, and the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies.

JOHN AHN is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Howard University School of Divinity. Professor Ahn holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University; Masters degrees from the Yale Divinity School and the Princeton Theological Seminary; and a BA from New York University. Dr. Ahn is a highly regarded and recognized scholar in the study of the forced and return migrations periods, more commonly known as exile and return.

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$5/person for B'nai Israel and Haberman Institute members
$10/person general admission at door

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