Title Judah between East and West : the transition from Persian to Greek rule (ca. 400-200 BCE) : a conference held at Tel Aviv University, 17-19 April 2007 sponsored by the ASG (the Academic Study Group for Israel and the Middle East) and Tel Aviv University / edited by Lester L. Grabbe and Oded Lipschits

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages) Series Library of Second Temple Studies ; 75 T & T Clark library of biblical studies T & T Clark library of biblical studies. Library of Second Temple studies ; 75. Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Programme of the Conference""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 JUDAIC NATIONAL IDENTITY""; ""2 GEOGRAPHICAL LISTS IN EZRA AND NEHEMIAH IN THE LIGHT OF ARCHAEOLOGY: PERSIAN OR HELLENISTIC?""; ""3 HYPARCHS, OIKONOMOI AND MAFIOSI: THE GOVERNANCE OF JUDAH IN THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD""; ""4 KING AND TEMPLE IN 2 MACCABEES: THE CASE FOR CONTINUITY""; ""5 FURTHER REVISED THOUGHTS ON JOSEPHUS� REPORT OF ALEXANDER�S CAMPAIGN TO PALESTINE (ANT. 11.304- 347)"" 6 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN THE THIRD CENTURY BCE, ACCORDING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE IN IDUMAEA7 JERUSALEM BETWEEN TWO PERIODS OF GREATNESS: THE SIZE AND STATUS OF THE CITY IN THE BABYLONIAN, PERSIAN AND EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIODS -- 8 THE SAMARITANS IN TRANSITION FROM THE PERSIAN TO THE GREEK PERIOD -- 9 THE ALPHABET THAT NEVER WAS: A POSSIBLE EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON THE NEAR EAST -- 10 EMPIRES AND FARMERS -- 11 EARLY ENOCHIC TRADITION AND THE RESTORATION OF HUMANITY: THE FUNCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF 1 ENOCH 10 ""12 �HELLENISTIC FOUNDATIONS� IN PALESTINE""""13 WILL THE PROPHETIC TEXTS FROM THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD STAND UP, PLEASE!""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" Summary This is a collection of essays by leading scholars examining the period of transition between Persian and Greek rule of Judah, ca. 400-200 BCE. Judah Between East and West is a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field, presenting the main findings of a recent conference of British and Israeli scholars at held at Tel Aviv University. The contributions focus on the period of transition between Persian and Greek rule of Judah, ca. 400-200 BCE, though some of the essays are extended outside these time limits. The volume aims to explore this period in all its complexity, as far as the Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Congresses Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092 Subject Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D. -- Congresses History of Biblical events. Jews. Judaea (Region) -- History -- Congresses Israel -- History -- Congresses Israel. Middle East -- Judaea Region. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. History. Form Electronic book Author Grabbe, Lester L., editor Lipschitz, Oded, editor ISBN 9780567125613 0567125610

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