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'''The Persian conquest of Jerusalem in 614CE compared with Islamic conquest of 638CE.'''
Its Messianic nature and the role of the Jewish Exilarch<br>
By Ben Abrahamson and Joseph Katz<br>
Published 2007

Abstract:

Explores the conquests of Jerusalem in 614CE and 638CE within the context of previous attempts at Jewish restoration. Discusses reasons for a Persian-Jewish alliance and later a Judeo-Arab alliance. In an attempt to reconcile contemporary sources, an account is given of Babylonian Jewish Exilarch Nechemiah ben Hushiel, his brother Shallum (Salmaan Farsi) and nephew Yakov (Ka'b Al-Ahbar) who played pivotal roles in these conquests. Proposes that the twelve men who went to Mecca to meet with the Prophet were Jewish refugees from Edessa, by way of Medina. Suggesting that the authors of Sefer Zerubavel and of the Prayer of Shimon bar Yochai were Jews from Medina.

==Chapters==
# [[Jerusalem and the Temple, attempts at restoration]]
# [[Rabbinic disregard and even opposition to Jewish attempts at restoration]]
# [[Origins of the Jewish Exilarch]]
# [[From the Hasmonean Priest-Monarchs to Herod's Judeo-Arab Kingdom]]
# [[Trajans' war and the Exilarch's rise to power under the Parthians]]
# [[The Coordinated Revolt of Bar Kochba]]
# [[The Exilarchs under the Sassanids: Friends of the Rulers, Enemies of the People]]
# [[The Jewish Exilarch’s relationship with the Rabbinical authorities]]
# [[The Politicization of Religion]]
# [[The Mazdakite Revolution and reduction of the power of the Nobles]]
# [[War between the Exilarch and the Mazdakites]]
# [[Waves of Israelites to Arabia bringing Judaism in various stages of development]]
# [[The introduction of Persian Rabbinism into Sadducean Arabia]]
# [[Declaration of Jewish Independence, first in Persia then Arabia]]
# [[After-effects of the Failed Attempts at Jewish Independence]]
# [[Phocas and the Final Persian-Roman War]]
# [[Nehemiah ben Hushiel and The Jewish Crusade]]
# [[Conquest and Disaster at Jerusalem]]
# [[The Pivotal Years]]
# [[Signs of the Coming of the Prophet]]
# [[The Jews seek a New Leader]]
# [[Changing of the Qiblah]]
# [[The Battle of Badr, 'Uhud and Khandaq; the Expulsion of the Priestly Tribes]]
# [[Christian followers antagonistic to Jewish followers of the Prophet]]
# [[Shallum ben Hushiel (Salmaan Farsi) finds the Prophet]]
# [[To Save the Jews of Israel from Byzantine slaughter]]
# [[Death of the Prophet, Abu Bakr's Appointment, and Shallum's Rebellion]]
# [[The Conquest of Persia and Shallum's Return]]
# [[Conquest and Victory at Jerusalem]]
# [[The Temple of Shallum (Solomon) and the Messianic Age]]
# [[Heman ben Shallum (Abdullah Ibn Saba)]]
# [[Yakub of Syria (Ka'b al-Ahbar) Last Jewish Attempt at Islamic Leadership]]
# [[Saba'iya, Khawarij, the Exilarch's men: a Question of Islamic Leadership]]
# [[Khalif 'Umar's Selection of Rabbinic Judaism as "true" Judaism]]
# [[Absorption of Islamic Christians under Mu’awiyah]]
# [[Khalif 'Ali' Attempts to bring back "authentic" Islam]]
# [[Hussein's attempt to recreate the Prophet's entry into Medinah]]
# [[Fading into Mysticism, the last Messiahs]]
# [[Concluding Remarks]]
# [[Table 1. Babylonian Exilarchs]]
# [[Appendix A: Joseph Schwartz quote on Shallum ben Hushiel (Salmaan Farsi)]]

This manuscript is also available as a [http://www.alsadiqin.org/history/The%20Persian%20conquest%20of%20Jerusalem%20in%20614CE%20compared%20with%20Islamic%20conquest%20of%20638CE.pdf pdf file]

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-In light of world events, it is a matter of urgency that we understand the origins and development of Islam. Islam dawned at a time of great upheaval, located at the crossroads between the warring nations of Christian Byzantium, Zoroastrian Persia and its Babylonian holdings, Christian Ethiopia, pagan-turned-Christian Armenia, with diverse Jewish minorities residing within Persia, Rome, Palestine and Arabia, culminating at the volatile Arabian Peninsula.  This book will present events that were pivotal to the dawn of Islam both politically, historically, and spiritually. Much that is written here will be new to the Western educated reader. Many of us recall a history as follows: Rome fell in the 400’s, followed by one thousand years of Dark Ages then redeemed by the Renaissance, Reformation, and the Enlightenment. It is time to entertain a different view, turning our focus to the Near East and the incredible dramas that unfolded during centuries hitherto somewhat overlooked, dramas which would later shape the history of the entire world.
+Explores the conquests of Jerusalem in 614CE and 638CE within the context of previous attempts at Jewish restoration. Discusses reasons for a Persian-Jewish alliance and later a Judeo-Arab alliance. In an attempt to reconcile contemporary sources, an account is given of Babylonian Jewish Exilarch Nechemiah ben Hushiel, his brother Shallum (Salmaan Farsi) and nephew Yakov (Ka'b Al-Ahbar) who played pivotal roles in these conquests. Proposes that the twelve men who went to Mecca to meet with the Prophet were Jewish refugees from Edessa, by way of Medina. Suggesting that the authors of Sefer Zerubavel and of the Prayer of Shimon bar Yochai were Jews from Medina.
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 ==Chapters==
 # [[Jerusalem and the Temple, attempts at restoration]]
 # [[Rabbinic disregard and even opposition to Jewish attempts at restoration]]

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 '''The Persian conquest of Jerusalem in 614CE compared with Islamic conquest of 638CE.'''<br>
-Its Messianic nature and the role of the Jewish Exilarch<br>
+''Its Messianic nature and the role of the Jewish Exilarch''<br>
 By Ben Abrahamson and Joseph Katz<br>
 Published 2007