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What were the Jews who were in exile in Babylonia able to do with their sacred texts for the first time?
A
learn them in different places
B
write them down and organize them
C
record them
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Babylonian Captivity, also called Babylonian Exile, the forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following the latter’s conquest of the kingdom of Judah in 598/7 and 587/6 bce.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the exile, Judah was politically rebuilt as a Persian satrapy, a semi-autonomous administrative province, ruled by a priestly elite that remigrated from Babylonia and whose views and attitudes were shaped by the religious blue-prints for reconstruction drafted in the exile.

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