History of Ancient Israel | Full DOCUMENTARY

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🎬 Watch early & support the channel on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ParaBellumHistoryChannel Or become a member on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ParaBellumHistoryChannel/join to unlock early access to new videos. Music from our videos: https://share.epidemicsound.com/xk7k44/?playlist=kgati2pa4pi3mz2hsib867syv6zjdzqh Visit our website: https://parabellumhistory.com Our merchandise store: https://parabellumstore.creator-spring.com/ 🎧 Listen to our podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OdtsiTkoss7a7O090YsPz Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/para-bellum-history/id1837784993 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/85df1ed1-c405-4568-b0c2-dba307fe4996/para-bellum-history Journey through a thousand years of history — from the arrival of the Hebrews in Canaan to the destruction of the Second Temple — in this complete documentary on the history of ancient Israel. This comprehensive film brings together all three parts of our acclaimed series, tracing the origins, rise, fall, and transformation of the ancient Israelites through archaeology, historical records, and the Hebrew Bible. Witness the emergence of Israel from its Canaanite roots, the rise of kings like David and Solomon, and the split into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Follow the Assyrian conquest, the Babylonian exile, and the birth of Judaism amid displacement and reform. See how Persian rule allowed the Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem, how Greek domination brought cultural tension and the heroic Maccabean revolt, and how Roman conquest reshaped Judea under Herod the Great and the governors who followed him. The story culminates in the Jewish War, the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, and the dawn of the Jewish diaspora — one of history’s most defining transformations. 🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth historical documentaries 👍 Like and comment to support independent history content Bibliography 1. Atkinson, Kenneth. A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond. Bloomsbury, 2016. 2. Ben-Sasson, H. H., ed. A History of the Jewish People. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. 3. Bickerman, Elias J. The God of the Maccabees: Studies on the Meaning and Origin of the Maccabean Revolt. Brill, 1979. 4. Berlin, Adele, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds. The Jewish Study Bible: Tanakh Translation. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 5. Diodorus Siculus. Library of History, Volume VII. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 6. Dio Cassius. Roman History, Volume III. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. 7. Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. Free Press, 2002. 8. Goodman, Martin. Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations. New York: Vintage, 2008. 9. Grabbe, Lester L. A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. T&T Clark, 2004. 10. Hengel, Martin. Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in Their Encounter in Palestine During the Early Hellenistic Period. Fortress Press, 1974. 11. Herodotus. The Persian Wars, Volume II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. 12. Josephus, Flavius. Jewish Antiquities. Leiden: Brill, 2017. 13. Josephus, Flavius. The Jewish War. Leiden: Brill, 2019. 14. Kokkinos, Nikos. The Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. 15. Mazar, Amihai. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000–586 BCE. Doubleday, 1990. 16. Philo of Alexandria. The Embassy to Gaius. Translated by E. Mary Smallwood. Leiden: Brill, 1961. 17. Polybius. The Histories, Volume IV. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. 18. Schiffman, Lawrence H. From Text to Tradition: A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. Ktav Publishing House, 1991. 19. Schürer, Emil. The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.–A.D. 135). Revised and edited by Géza Vermès, Fergus Millar, and Martin Goodman. 3 vols. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1973–1987. 20. Smith-Christopher, Daniel L. A Biblical Theology of Exile. Fortress Press, 2002. 21. Smallwood, E. Mary. The Jews Under Roman Rule: From Pompey to Diocletian. Leiden: Brill, 1976. 22. Stern, Ephraim. The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods, 732–332 BCE. Israel Exploration Society, 2001. 23. Stern, Menahem, ed. Greek and Latin Authors on Jews and Judaism. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1976–1984. 24. Strabo. Geography, Volume VII. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. 25. Tacitus. The Histories. Translated by Kenneth Wellesley. Revised edition. London: Penguin Classics, 2009. 26. Taylor, Joan E. The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 27. VanderKam, James C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Eerdmans, 2001. 🎤 ⁠Voiceover by: Nick Banas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickbanas