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Israel in the Persian Period

Author : Erhard S. Gerstenberger
Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789004177987
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (779 download)

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Book Synopsis Israel in the Persian Period by : Erhard S. Gerstenberger

Download or read book Israel in the Persian Period written by Erhard S. Gerstenberger and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Persians are seldom mentioned explicitly in the Hebrew Bible, the Persian period (539 331 B.C.E.) gave new shape to ancient Israel, as the biblical text evolved and the foundations of the Judeo-Christian tradition were laid. Therefore, contrary to earlier views, Persian politics, culture, and religion were the setting within which the nascent Jewish community lived and took shape. Against the backdrop of the history and intellectual world of Persia, Gerstenberger describes this exciting 200-year period in the history of Israel, which saw both the creation of biblical literature (historical, prophetic, and poetic writings, especially the Psalms) and important theological developments (e.g., the shape and characteristics of the Jewish community, monotheism, and new means of shaping one s world).

A Concise History of Ancient Israel

Author : Bernd U. Schipper
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1646020278
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Ancient Israel written by Bernd U. Schipper and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to present a critical revision of the history of Israel and Judah from the late second millennium BCE to the beginning of the Roman period. Considering archaeological material as well as biblical and extrabiblical texts, Schipper argues that the history of “Israel” in the preexilic period took place mostly in the hinterland of the Levant and should be understood in the context of the Neo-Assyrian expansion. He demonstrates that events in the exilic and postexilic periods also played out differently than they are recounted in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah. In contrast to previous scholarship, which focused heavily on Israel’s origins and the monarchic period, Schipper’s history gives equal attention to the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, providing confirmation that a wide variety of forms of YHWH religion existed in the Persian period and persisted into the Hellenistic age. Original and innovative, this brief history provides a new outline of the historical development of ancient Israel that will appeal to students, scholars, and lay readers who desire a concise overview.

Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period

Author : Oded Lipschitz
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 157506104X
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period written by Oded Lipschitz and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2006 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2003, a conference was held at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), focusing on the people and land of Judah during the 5th and early 4th centuries B.C.E.-- the period when the Persian Empire held sway over the entire ancient Near East. This volume publishes the papers of the participants in the working group that attended the Heidelberg conference. Participants whose contributions appear here include: Y. Amit, B. Becking, J. Berquist, J. Blenkinsopp, M. Dandamayev, D. Edelman, T. Eskenazi, A. Fantalkin and O. Tal, L. Fried, L. Grabbe, S. Japhet, J. Kessler, E. A. Knauf, G. Knoppers, R. Kratz, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, H. Liss, M. Oeming, L. Pearce, F. Polak, B. Porten and A. Yardeni, E. Stern, D. Ussishkin, D. Vanderhooft, and J. Wright. The conference was the second of three meetings; the first, held at Tel Aviv in May 2001, was published as Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period by Eisenbrauns in 2003. A third conference focusing on Judah and the Judeans in the Hellenistic era was held in the summer of 2005, at M nster, Germany, and will also be published by Eisenbrauns.

From Judah to Judaea

Author : Johannes Un-Sok Ro
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book From Judah to Judaea written by Johannes Un-Sok Ro and published by Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited. This book was released on 2013 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been recognized that the Persian period is crucial to the history of the formation of the biblical corpora. The essays presented in this volume explore this critically important era, reconstructing the socio-economic shifts that took place as well as the religio-theological environment of the Judean community and its neighbours. The topics of this volume, sociological, archaeological and theological, include: ethnicities and administration in Persian-era Palestine (Yigal); the historical origin of the concept of the piety of the poor at Qumran (Ro); the development of the theological concept of Yhwh's punitive justice (Ro); social, cultural and demographic transformations in Persian-period Judah (Faust); changes in Judah and its neighbouring provinces in the fourth century BCE (Fantalkin and Tal); some Greek views of the Persian empire (Sano). The papers collected in this volume were presented at an international conference held at International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, February 17-19, 2011, a testimony to the fruitfulness of this unusual Asian-Israeli scholarly dialogue.

The Persian Period of Israel's History

Author : Cuthbert C. Keet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book The Persian Period of Israel's History written by Cuthbert C. Keet and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emergence of Yehud in the Persian Period

Author : Charles E. Carter
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567250881
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Book Synopsis The Emergence of Yehud in the Persian Period by : Charles E. Carter

Download or read book The Emergence of Yehud in the Persian Period written by Charles E. Carter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-awaited and much-needed comprehensive analysis of the material evidence concerning Persian-period Judah. Carter analyses the settlement pattern and population distribution of the province, using both excavations and archaeological surveys. His meticulous examination arrives at a rather low estimate of the population during this period, on the basis of which he examines Yehud's socio-economic setting and considers the implications of a small Yehud for some of the prominent theories concerning the province in the Persian-period.

Covenant in the Persian Period

Author : Richard J. Bautch
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575063573
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Covenant in the Persian Period written by Richard J. Bautch and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 22 essays in this new and comprehensive study explore how notions of covenant, especially the Sinaitic covenant, flourished during the Neo-Babylonian, Persian, and early Hellenistic periods. Following the upheaval of the Davidic monarchy, the temple’s destruction, the disenfranchisement of the Jerusalem priesthood, the deportation of Judeans to other lands, the struggles of Judeans who remained in the land, and the limited returns of some Judean groups from exile, the covenant motif proved to be an increasingly influential symbol in Judean intellectual life. The contributors to this volume, drawn from many different countries including Canada, Germany, Israel, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States, document how Judean writers working within historiographic, Levitical, prophetic, priestly, and sapiential circles creatively reworked older notions of covenant to invent a new way of understanding this idea. These writers examine how new conceptions of the covenant made between YHWH and Israel at Mt. Sinai play a significant role in the process of early Jewish identity formation. Others focus on how transformations in the Abrahamic, Davidic, and Priestly covenants responded to cultural changes within Judean society, both in the homeland and in the diaspora. Cumulatively, the studies of biblical writings, from Genesis to Chronicles, demonstrate how Jewish literature in this period developed a striking diversity of ideas related to covenantal themes.

Approaching Yehud

Author : Jon L. Berquist
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589831454
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Yehud written by Jon L. Berquist and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-held view that the Persian period in Israel (known as Yehud) was a historically derivative era that engendered little theological or literary innovation has been replaced in recent decades by an appreciation for the importance of the Persian period for understanding Israel's literature, religion, and sense of identity. A new image of Yehud is emerging that has shifted the focus from viewing the postexilic period as a staging ground for early Judaism or Christianity to dealing with Yehud on its own terms, as a Persian colony with a diverse population. Taken together, the thirteen chapters in this volume represent a range of studies that touch on a variety of textual and historical problems to advance the conversation about the significance of the Persian period and especially its formative influence on biblical literature. --From publisher's description.

The Social History of Ancient Israel

Author : Rainer Kessler
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 145141644X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Social History of Ancient Israel written by Rainer Kessler and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * An accessible social history of ancient Israel, designed for Old Testament courses * Includes a timeline and glossary of terms

A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1)

Author : Lester L. Grabbe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567216179
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) by : Lester L. Grabbe

Download or read book A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) written by Lester L. Grabbe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first of four volumes on A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Yehud - the Aramaic name for Judah - during the Persian Period. Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them 'speak' to us through the fog of centuries? This first volume, Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events of Judah at the time.

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period

Author : William David Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521218801
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (188 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period by : William David Davies

Download or read book The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period written by William David Davies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-02-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism.

Israel and Empire

Author : Leo G. Perdue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567280519
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Israel and Empire written by Leo G. Perdue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel and Empire introduces students to the history, literature, and theology of the Hebrew Bible and texts of early Judaism, enabling them to read these texts through the lens of postcolonial interpretation. This approach should allow students to recognize not only how cultural and socio-political forces shaped ancient Israel and the worldviews of the early Jews but also the impact of imperialism on modern readings of the Bible. Perdue and Carter cover a broad sweep of history, from 1300 BCE to 72 CE, including the late Bronze age, Egyptian imperialism, Israel's entrance into Canaan, the Davidic-Solomonic Empire, the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Greek Empire, the Maccabean Empire, and Roman rule. Additionally the authors show how earlier examples of imperialism in the Ancient Near East provide a window through which to see the forces and effects of imperialism in modern history.

The Economy of Ancient Judah in Its Historical Context

Author : Marvin Lloyd Miller
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575064146
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Ancient Judah in Its Historical Context written by Marvin Lloyd Miller and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dynamics of ancient Judah’s economy are among the most important, but also neglected and least understood, aspects of ancient Israel’s history. The essays in this volume address this gap from a multidisciplinary perspective, involving archeology, biblical studies, economics, epigraphy, ancient history, Jewish studies, and theology. The essays focus on particular issues in the economy of ancient Judah and its neighbors during the late monarchy and the Neo-Babylonian, Persian, and Hellenistic periods. Some of them evaluate the theoretical models used to understand the inner workings of ancient agrarian economies, while others explore rural economies, the forces of regeneration and degeneration in particular regions, the settlement histories of different areas, and the exploitation of depopulated land in Judah and Idumea. Essays in the volume also address population growth, urbanization, the role of diverse temple towns (such as Babylon and Jerusalem) in regional market economies, the literary portrayal of patron–client relationships, symmetrical and asymmetrical relations in international trade, and the views of urban elites toward agrarian economic developments. Yet others discuss family economics—policies of reproduction, gender roles, family size, and household hierarchies—in Judah and ancient Persia. Many of the essays appearing in this volume were originally delivered as papers in special sessions devoted to these topics at annual meetings of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and the European Association of Biblical Studies. The scholars participating in this international project conduct their research at institutions in Canada, Germany, Israel, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States.

A Biblical History of Israel

Author : Iain William Provan
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664220907
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Biblical History of Israel written by Iain William Provan and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for reconstructing Israel's history. In Part One, the authors set the volume in context and review past and current scholarly debate about learning Israel's history, negating arguments against using the Bible as the central source. In Part Two, they seek to retell the history itself with an eye to all the factors explored in Part One.

Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods

Author : Jon L. Berquist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0567369072
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods written by Jon L. Berquist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes a positive intervention into maximalist/minimalist debates about Israelite historiography by pointing to the events that happened during the Persian and Hellenistic periods. During this historical epoch, traditions about Israel and Judah's founding became fixed as markers of ethnic identity, and much of the canonical Hebrew Bible came into its present form. Concentrating on these events, a clearer historical picture emerges. The entire volume is set within the context of Douglas A. Knight's contributions, which have encouraged a rigorous social-scientific and tradition-historical approach to the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel in general.

Historical and Biblical Israel

Author : Reinhard G. Kratz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191044490
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Historical and Biblical Israel written by Reinhard G. Kratz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of this book lies a fundamental yet unanswered question: under which historical and sociological conditions and in what manner the Hebrew Bible became an authoritative tradition, that is, holy scripture and the canon of Judaism as well as Christianity. Reinhard G. Kratz answers this very question by distinguishing between historical and biblical Israel. This foundational and, for the arrangement of the book, crucial distinction affirms that the Israel of biblical tradition, i.e. the sacred history (historia sacra) of the Hebrew Bible, cannot simply be equated with the history of Israel and Judah. Thus, Kratz provides a synthesis of both the Israelite and Judahite history and the genesis and development of biblical tradition in two separate chapters, though each area depends directly and inevitably upon the other. These two distinct perspectives on Israel are then confronted and correlated in a third chapter, which constitutes an area intimately connected with the former but generally overlooked apart from specialized inquiries: those places and "archives" that either yielded Jewish documents and manuscripts (Elephantine, Al-Yahudu, Qumran) or are associated conspicuously with the tradition of the Hebrew Bible (Mount Gerizim, Jerusalem, Alexandria). Here, the various epigraphic and literary evidence for the history of Israel and Judah comes to the fore. Such evidence sometimes represents Israel's history; at other times it reflects its traditions; at still others it reflects both simultaneously. The different sources point to different types of Judean or Jewish identity in Persian and Hellenistic times.

Studies in Persian Period History and Historiography

Author : Hugh G. M. Williamson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608994171
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Persian Period History and Historiography written by Hugh G. M. Williamson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 15 years, and with several significant works, Hugh Williamson contributed to the movement to recapture the importance of the biblical books of Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah. The most important of his historical and exegetical studies are collected together here for the first time, providing the scholar of the post-exilic period with a valuable resource in furthering research on this formative period in early Jewish history.