Big Ideas · 11 · Haggai

Judah wasn't united, eager, or Torah-reading

Sources suggest Judeans were divided, apathetic about the temple, and didn't consult the Torah as they rebuilt.

The ideal and the real diverged.

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Archives from Babylon and Egypt show many had settled comfortably abroad and weren't inclined to return to a poor homeland.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 176

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