Sargon II consolidated Assyria, but Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem revealed the limits of empire before Jehovah’s deliverance.
Assyria-Sargon II, Sennacherib, and the Siege of Jerusalem
The Destruction of the Second Temple and the Rise of Rabbinic Judaism
Jerusalem’s 70 C.E. destruction fulfilled Jesus’ prophecies and ended Temple sacrifices, giving rise to text-centered Rabbinic Judaism across the Diaspora.
