Assessing Biblical and Classical Sources for the Reconstruction of Persian Influence, History and Culture

edited by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley

Book cover: Assessing Biblical and Classical Sources for the Reconstruction of Persian Influence, History and Culture

Extent: 216 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies

Series: Classica et Orientalia

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2015)

ISBN: 9783447102445

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $73.00

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This volume brings together the views of biblical scholars, Achaemenid historians and classicists in relation to the problems of reconstructing the history of the Persian empire. It addresses the ways in which scholars of each of these disciplines have struggled with the complexity and limitations of the ancient sources. Some of the essays in this volume discuss issues surrounding the identification of authorial biases and evaluate what – if anything – remains as possible ‘historical’ evidence, while others examine the scholarly consensus on the question of Persian policy on the religion and laws of its subjects. What unites the essays in this volume is the commitment of their authors to recognise the difficulties with the sources and to constantly engage in new appraisals of them in dialogue with scholars in their own fields, but also in dialogue with scholars in related fields.

  • Edited by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley

"...This volume is very useful and belongs in the collection of any scholar or library seriously dealing with the use of biblical and classical sources for the Persian Empire." --Jason M. Silverman, University of Helsinki, Review of Biblical Literature 5.4.17