Babylon refers to an important urban center located along the Euphrates River, near modern day Iraq, that rose to prominence during the second and first millennia BCE. Babylon served as a seat of kingship, administration, scholarship, and ritual life, shaping regional law, theology, and literature. Its traditions influenced surrounding cultures through imperial power, scribal activity, and the transmission of myths, legal codes, and historical narratives. Over time, Babylon also became a symbolic reference point in later texts. including the Hebrew bible, for political dominance and cultural authority.
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- Tov, Emanuel, "The LXX Translation of Esther: A Paraphrastic Translation of MT or a Free Translation of a Rewritten Version?" in Fotopoulos, John (ed.) The New Testament and Early Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of David E. Aune
- Nolte, S. P. & Jordaan, P. J., Ideology and Intertextuality: Intertextual Allusions in Judith 16
- Cook, Edward M., "The Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in the Targums" in Henze, Matthias (ed.) A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism
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