A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) : The Persian Period (539-331BCE).

A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1) : The Persian Period (539-331BCE).

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...

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Author / Creator: Grabbe, Lester L.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2006.
Series:The Library of Second Temple Studies
Subjects:
Jews > History > 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Map: The Province of Yehud (Borders Reconstructed)
  • Part I: INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: PRINCIPLES AND METHOD
  • 1.1. Aims
  • 1.2. Principles of Historical Method: The Current Debate among Historians
  • 1.3. Principles of Historical Method: The Current Debate among Biblical Scholars
  • 1.4. Principles of Historical Method: Those Assumed in this Book
  • 1.5. Writing a History of the Persian Period
  • 1.6. Terminology and Other Technical Matters
  • Part II: SOURCES
  • Chapter 2 ARCHAEOLOGY: UNWRITTEN MATERIAL
  • 2.1. Judah
  • 2.2. Samaria
  • 2.3. Phoenicia and the Coast (including the Shephelah)
  • 2.4. Idumaea and Arabia (including Transjordan)
  • Chapter 3 ARCHAEOLOGY: WRITTEN MATERIAL
  • 3.1. Aramaic Papyri and Ostraca from Egypt
  • 3.2. Inscriptions, Ostraca, and Papyri from Palestine
  • 3.3. Phoenician Texts
  • 3.4. Coins
  • Chapter 4 BIBLICAL WRITINGS
  • 4.1. Ezra and Nehemiah
  • 4.2. Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
  • 4.3. Other Prophetic Writings
  • 4.4. The Books of Chronicles
  • 4.5. The P Document
  • 4.6. The Writings
  • Chapter 5 PERSIAN, MESOPOTAMIAN, AND EGYPTIAN SOURCES
  • 5.1. Aramaic Inscriptions and Papyri
  • 5.2. Old Persian Sources
  • 5.3. The Elamite Texts from Persepolis
  • 5.4. Babylonian Sources
  • 5.5. Egyptian Texts
  • 5.6. The Gadatas Inscription
  • Chapter 6 GREEK AND LATIN SOURCES
  • 6.1. General Introduction
  • 6.2. Herodotus
  • 6.3. Thucydides
  • 6.4. Oxyrhynchus Historian
  • 6.5. Ctesias
  • 6.6. Xenophon
  • 6.7. Ephorus
  • 6.8. Diodorus Siculus
  • 6.9. Pompeius Trogus
  • 6.10. Plutarch
  • 6.11. Pseudo-Scylax
  • 6.12. Strabo
  • 6.13. Pliny the Elder
  • 6.14. The Oeconomica of Pseudo-Aristotle
  • 6.15. Athenaeus
  • 6.16. Cornelius Nepos
  • 6.17. The Alexander Historians
  • 6.18. Josephus
  • Part III: SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONS
  • Chapter 7 ADMINISTRATION.
  • 7.1. Organization and Administration of the Persian Empire: An Overview
  • 7.2. The Province of Yehud
  • 7.3. The Neighbours of Yehud
  • Chapter 8 SOCIETY AND DAILY LIVING
  • 8.1. Jewish Identity and Joining the Community
  • 8.2. Social Classes
  • 8.3. The Legal Sphere
  • 8.4. Women, Marriage, and Sexuality
  • 8.5. The Calendar and Chronology
  • Chapter 9 ECONOMY
  • 9.1. General Comments on the Ancient Economy
  • 9.2. The Persian Empire in General
  • 9.3. The Economy of Yehud
  • Chapter 10 RELIGION I: TEMPLE, CULT, AND PRACTICE
  • 10.1. The Persian Government and Religion
  • 10.2. The Temple and the Cult
  • 10.3. The Priests and Other Cult Personnel
  • 10.4. Financial Support for the Temple
  • 10.5. Prayer and the Question of the Synagogue
  • Chapter 11 RELIGION II: LAW, SCRIPTURE, AND BELIEF
  • 11.1. The Development of ' Scripture'
  • 11.2. Scriptural Interpretation
  • 11.3. Beliefs
  • 11.4. Prophecy and Apocalypticism
  • 11.5. 'Popular Religion'
  • 11.6. Magic and the Esoteric Arts
  • 11.7. The Question of Sectarianism
  • Part IV: HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS
  • Chapter 12 THE EARLY PERSIAN PERIOD
  • 12.1. Background
  • 12.2. Persian Rulers
  • 12.3. Sources and Reliability
  • 12.4. The Initial Return
  • 12.5. Joshua and Zerubbabel
  • 12.6. Original Peoples vs. Returnees
  • 12.7. Remaining Events in the Late Sixth and Early Fifth Centuries BCE
  • Chapter 13 THE FIFTH CENTURY BCE
  • 13.1. Persian Rulers
  • 13.2. Destruction of Jerusalem Between Zerubbabel and Nehemiah?
  • 13.3. Nehemiah
  • 13.4. Alternative Views to those of Nehemiah
  • 13.5. The Issue of Marriage with 'Foreign Wives'
  • 13.6. Diaspora Jewish Communities
  • 13.7. The Episode of Johanan and Jeshua in the Temple
  • Chapter 14 THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE
  • 14.1. Persian Rulers
  • 14.2. The Ezra Tradition
  • 14.3. The Development of the Law and 'Scripture' in the Persian Period.
  • 14.4. Other Religious and Literary Developments
  • 14.5. The So-Called Revolt of the Satraps and the Tennes Rebellion
  • 14.6. The Last Part of Persian Rule
  • Part V: CONCLUSIONS
  • Chapter 15 A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE: WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE CAN GUESS, AND WHERE OUR IGNORANCE Is
  • 15.1. Where Does Our Knowledge Come From?
  • 15.2. The Physical and Historical Context
  • 15.3. A Province in the Persian Empire
  • 15.4. Reformers or Bigots?
  • 15.5. The Final Century of Persian Rule
  • 15.6. The Real Importance of the Persian Period for Judaism
  • Appendix: THE QUESTION OF PERSIAN INFLUENCE ON JEWISH RELIGION AND THOUGHT
  • Bibliography
  • Index of References
  • Index of Authors
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  • Index of Subjects
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