Innovation in Persian Period Judah
Royal and Temple Ideology in Comparative Perspective
edited by Jill Middlemas
Paperback (Published)
(September 2023)
ISBN: 9783161612367
9.09 x 6.06 inches
Price: $105.00
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This volume presents a survey of attitudes towards the king and temple in Achaemenid Yehud in comparative perspective. The essays contribute to scholarly interest in the extent of Persian influence on the ideology of Second Temple Judaism and enhance current as well as emerging discussions of Persian period Yehud and its literature.
The essays in this volume, which has emerged from the Persian Period Seminar of the Society of Biblical Literature, explore biblical and comparative evidence to show how the Iron Age institutions of monarchy and temple shifted in both form and function in the Persian period. The weight given to the Davidic monarchy and Jerusalem temple in the historiography of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament invites a new examination of attitudes towards the same in Achaemenid Yehud in comparative perspective. The essays uncover new attitudes relating to the monarchy and cultic site as well as the influence, but also rejection of, Persian ideas and contribute to scholarly interest in the extent of Persian influence on the literature of ancient/biblical Israel. As such, the volume participates in, lays the groundwork for, and also shapes discussions of Persian period Yehud and its literature.
- Edited by Jill Middlemas
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