An empire far and wide : the Achaemenid dynastic myth and Jewish scribes in the late Persian period /

The Persian period (539-332 BCE) sits somewhat awkwardly within the study of Second Temple Judaism. The approach to the Persian period is complicated by the difficulty in labelling communities - whether or not the communities in the province of Yehud, in Egypt, or in the Eastern Diaspora can even be...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Leuchter, Mark
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The Persian period (539-332 BCE) sits somewhat awkwardly within the study of Second Temple Judaism. The approach to the Persian period is complicated by the difficulty in labelling communities - whether or not the communities in the province of Yehud, in Egypt, or in the Eastern Diaspora can even be called "Jewish," a label denoting a type of ethnic and religious symbiosis that some scholars are hesitant to identify any time before the mid-2nd century BCE. Using recent tools to examine scribal methods, Leuchter takes a definitive approach. An Empire Far and Wide focuses on a careful selection of literary test cases to better understand how Jewish scribes in Persian Yehud interacted with a feature of Persian imperialism that has not received adequate attention: the dynastic mythology of the Achaemenid rulers and the way it shaped emerging Jewish identity in the Persian period.
Umfang:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-777277-3
0-19-777275-7
Schlagworte:
Achaemenid dynasty, > 559 B.C.-330 B.C.
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