...This chapter explores when it would have been most likely for the Torah to have been adopted as authoritative law among the Judean masses. It begins by investigating the likelihood that this might have occurred as early as the Persian period, an idea that many scholars take for granted...

... James Numbers Jewish War Kelim to Baba Metzia Against Celsus Commentary on Matthew Refutation Life Temple library Toorn Karel van der 2 Kings Ezra 2 Chronicles Sanhedrin Ta‘anit Talmon Shemaryahu scholarly opinion canon Persian period Maccabean period three-stage theory Today...

... to you ” return to Yahweh Sanderson Judith E Zerubbabel Bignall Simone Liverani Mario Ntloedibe Kuswan Gomang Seratwa gender postcolonialism Minor Prophets Judah Israel Bible Yehud Persian period [P]ostcolonial criticism bears witness not only to contemporary inequalities, but also...

... Bethel Amos the prophet Kings book of sexual rituals worship Yahwistic cultic practices animals aristocracy Yahwism criticism of popular Hosea redaction marriage Exodus wilderness knowledge of God Yehud Baal Persian period 399 Scholarship on Hosea is alive and well. Synchronic...

... discourse trauma studies Micah doom and hope social critique ethics gender trauma Persian period In the Hebrew tradition, the prophetic book ascribed to Micah stands in the middle of the Book of the Twelve. The central verse of the Twelve is Mic 3:12, the announcement of the destruction...

.... This chapter extends Haran’s work with further argumentation corroborating these conclusions. It departs from Haran in arguing against his proposal for the adoption of parchment in the early Persian period. On the basis of artifact evidence and the economics of papyrus production in Ptolemaic Egypt...

....” Built into this interpretation is the assumption that a singular sēfer in Classical Hebrew refers to a singular textual object, a single scroll with a linear orientation. Semantic studies of the term in Second Temple texts, however, show that by the Persian period, singular...

... Van Seters J Blum E Levin C Achenbach R Berner C Fortschreibung Otto E Plagues The Baden J S Donner H Geiger A Moore G F Samaritan Pentateuch SP Septuagint The LXX Tatian Tent of Meeting The Tigay J H Ulrich E Bible Pentateuch redaction empirical models Persian period Hellenistic...

...This article examines the relation between Egypt and the Levant from the Chalcolithic to the Persian Period. It explains that the intensity and nature of Egypto-Levantine relations have varied through time, encompassing overland and maritime commerce, diplomacy, alliances, emigration, imperialism...

... technically problematic. The only firm evidence for Mesopotamian presence during the Iron Age in Edom is the relief at Sela near Busayra. The limited evidence indicates that at least certain sites in Edom continued to be occupied beyond the traditional end of the Iron II period and through the Persian period...

...Once again, this chapter opens with a historical survey of the Persian period (including brief treatment of the order of Ezra and Nehemiah) and discussion of the question of broader Persian sponsorship for restoration of returnee community. Next comes a survey of texts likely dated to this period...

... divine punishment Menelaus Paris Pentecontaetia Plataea ns retaliation Sophanes Theseus tribute Tyndaridae Dodecarchs Helen in Egypt Hecataeus of Miletus Decelea Inaros’ Revolt Persian Period Saïte Period geography / geographic conceptions chronology / chronological system religion...

...Despite its distinct and archaic language, the Primary History (Genesis‐2 Kings) is best given a date in the Persian period, because: (1) Its literary genre as a whole belongs to the Persian period. (2) Its integral content reflects events that extend into the Persian period. (3...

...The Persian Period (538–333 B.C.E.) was a formative period for ancient Israel’s prophetic literature. During the time that Yehud developed under Persian imperial control, several new prophets arose: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and the author of the last parts of Isaiah. They represent the cultural...

...Some scholars have assumed that Samaria and Judah were substantially unlike one another in the Persian period. Until recently, there was little hard evidence to go by, but it is now possible to make progress on this front. Site surveys and excavation reports show that Samaria had a substantially...

... of the Hellenistic era. The Vision of the Beasts may well belong to the Persian period; the Apocalypse of the Birds could belong to the Roman period (or later). With the impression of scholarly consensus dispelled, considered alongside the lack of Hellenistic-era manuscript attestation for the Apocalypse...

... Sanballat Elnathan Laperrousaz E ‐M Schwartz S Sheshbazzar book of Ezra Ezra book of Nehemiah Nehemiah Persian‐period Judah Having reconstructed from Haggai and Zechariah a picture of the high priesthood in the Restoration period, the next step is to attempt to ascertain how the office developed...

... chapter 3), but contains much original thought and research, including a pioneering (and erroneous) chronology of Persian-period Judea. Josephus adapts the tradition to the post-destruction era, when Judea became a full Roman province. Alexander is presented as a precursor and role model for future Roman...

... Mesopotamian domination, Jewish writers saw him as ushering in an historical epoch where the painful forced rifts between past and present could be mended. Thus began the Persian period, an era where claims of maintaining longstanding local praxes and institutions were made alongside challenges, disruptions...

... Gallagher Edmond L Grünwalt Klaus Levin Christoph Najman Hindy Puech Emile Rose Martin Schorch Stefan Watts James W Torah canon documentary hypothesis Covenant Code Deuteronomy priestly laws Holiness Code Pentateuch Persian period Hellenistic period Why did the Pentateuch receive...