How long have the Jews lived in Israel?
According to the Bible, the Hebrew people, ancestors of the Jews, settled in the Palestinian hinterland around 1440 BCE. However, archaeologists say that there was no military conquest and that the area was not settled until around 1250 BCE. Some even say that the real Israelites did not arive until some two hundred years later than this.
The Assyrians destroyed the larger, northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE and scattered the Israelites throughout their empire, where they gradually lost their separate ethnic identity. Other conquered ethnic groups were brought into Israel in place of the former Israelites.
The smaller southern enclave of Judah continued until 585 BCE, when many of the people were sent into exile, but returned some decades later.
During the second century BCE, under the Maccabees, the Jews expanded out of Judah, to reconquer Israel, now known as Samaria, and occupy Galilee and Idumea, where the people were forcibly converted to Judaism.
After the second Jewish War of 132 to 136, the land around Jerusalem was depopulated. From that time until the twentieth century, Jews formed only a small part of the population of Palestine.
The biblical arrival date says that the Israelites occupied the northern kingdom of Israel for about 700 years before they were forcibly removed. The scholarly view is that they may have only occupied the land for around 500 years.
Similarly, the Jews occupied Judah from either 1440 or 1250 BCE until 136 CE, a period of around 1600 or 1400 years. However, there has certainly been a continuous presence by Jews and their Hebrew ancestors for well over three thousand years, although for much of this time as a minority group.
The Assyrians destroyed the larger, northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE and scattered the Israelites throughout their empire, where they gradually lost their separate ethnic identity. Other conquered ethnic groups were brought into Israel in place of the former Israelites.
The smaller southern enclave of Judah continued until 585 BCE, when many of the people were sent into exile, but returned some decades later.
During the second century BCE, under the Maccabees, the Jews expanded out of Judah, to reconquer Israel, now known as Samaria, and occupy Galilee and Idumea, where the people were forcibly converted to Judaism.
After the second Jewish War of 132 to 136, the land around Jerusalem was depopulated. From that time until the twentieth century, Jews formed only a small part of the population of Palestine.
The biblical arrival date says that the Israelites occupied the northern kingdom of Israel for about 700 years before they were forcibly removed. The scholarly view is that they may have only occupied the land for around 500 years.
Similarly, the Jews occupied Judah from either 1440 or 1250 BCE until 136 CE, a period of around 1600 or 1400 years. However, there has certainly been a continuous presence by Jews and their Hebrew ancestors for well over three thousand years, although for much of this time as a minority group.
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