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Israel in the Persian period: the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.

Erhard Gerstenberger and Siegfried S. Schatzmann c2011 © Society of Biblical Literature
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  • 9781589832657 (paper)
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  • Biblical Literature
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Abbreviations (page xi)
  • Map 1: The Empire of the Medes and Persians (page xvi)
  • Maps 2 and 3: The Yehud Province (page xvii)
  • Table of Persian Nations (page xviii)
  • I. The Biblical Portrait of the Period (page 1)
    • I.1 Return and Reconstruction (page 3)
    • I.2 Provincial Structure of Judah: The Shaping of the Community (page 12)
    • I.3 Further Traces of Persian Life (page 23)
    • I.4 Analysis of the Biblical Portrayal (page 27)
  • II. The Known History (page 33)
    • II.1 Sources (page 33)
    • II.2 The Persian Empire (page 45)
    • II.3 Judah in Trans-Euphrates (page 84)
    • II.4 The Diaspora in Babylon and Egypt (page 121)
  • III. Biblical Literature of the Period (page 141)
    • III.1 Original Writings (page 142)
    • III.2 Revisions of Older Writings (page 274)
  • IV. Theological Contribution (page 427)
    • IV.1 Background: Babylonian and Persian Spirituality (page 429)
    • IV.2 Genesis of Ecclesial Structures (page 434)
    • IV.3 On the Way to Monotheism (page 468)
    • IV.4 Ethos of Brotherliness in the Community of Faith (page 494)
    • IV.5 Impulses for Shaping the World (page 513)
  • Index of Ancient Sources (page 537)
  • Index of Names and Subjects (page 565)
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