Statement

In preserving their religious tradition this way, the Judahites had to give up the aspiration to political autonomy. Accepting foreign rule meant keeping local traditions alive in settings controlled by other peoples, sometimes by playing down or reinterpreting the culture to avoid confrontation.

References

1. p. 37

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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