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The History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 1: Yehud, the Persian Province of Judah (Library of Second Temple Studies ... of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement series)) - Hardcover
In the first of four volumes on A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Judah (Aramaic Yehud) during the Persian Period.
Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them "speak" to us through the fog of centuries? Grabbe argues that there is a danger of seeing everything from a Judaeo-centric point of view, or using the biblical texts and out-of-date secondary material to provide the main perspective in understanding history, whereas any scholar writing about this period should be familiar with the classical historians and the Near Eastern sources as well. This study brings together and analyzes the original sources, sifts and evaluates the secondary sources, develops a substantial historical synthesis, and points to areas where further research is needed.
Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events.
Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them "speak" to us through the fog of centuries? Grabbe argues that there is a danger of seeing everything from a Judaeo-centric point of view, or using the biblical texts and out-of-date secondary material to provide the main perspective in understanding history, whereas any scholar writing about this period should be familiar with the classical historians and the Near Eastern sources as well. This study brings together and analyzes the original sources, sifts and evaluates the secondary sources, develops a substantial historical synthesis, and points to areas where further research is needed.
Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events.
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About the Author:
Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?
Review:
The so-called intertestamental period has for too long been considered the dark ages of Jewish history. In this new volume, Lester L Grabbe ... sheds much light on this perceived darkness... extensive and rigorous...thourough...The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgments. One now waits with expectation for the remaining three volumes. (Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh Expository Times)
'Well documents and rich in detail, this scholarly manual forms an inventory of all current interpretations of Persian-period Judaism, and scholars will use it with much profit.'~ Review International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05
The so-called intertestamental period has for too long been considered the dark ages of Jewish history. In this new volume, Lester L Grabbe ... sheds much light on this perceived darkness... extensive and rigorous...thourough...The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgments. One now waits with expectation for the remaining three volumes. (Sanford Lakoff Expository Times)
'Well documents and rich in detail, this scholarly manual forms an inventory of all current interpretations of Persian-period Judaism, and scholars will use it with much profit.'~ Review International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05
The so-called intertestamental period has for too long been considered the dark ages of Jewish history. In this new volume, Lester L Grabbe ... sheds much light on this perceived darkness... extensive and rigorous...thourough...The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgments. One now waits with expectation for the remaining three volumes. (Sanford Lakoff Expository Times)
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- PublisherBloomsbury T&T Clark
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0567089983
- ISBN 13 9780567089984
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages480
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