Archaeology · 11 · Haggai

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Business records from fifth-century Nippur name about a hundred Judeans among other minorities, some of them prospering in business.

Exiles became entrepreneurs.

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Even after generations in Mesopotamia, many still bore names referring to Judah and Yhwh.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 182

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