Ezra in Egypt?: The Significance of Hananyah’s Mission
The history of the Jewish community at Elephantine plays a crucial role in the reconstruction of the early history of Judaism. One document in particular sheds a light on the emerging Jewish identity in the diaspora. It is Hananyah’s so-called Passover Letter. This contribution investigates the sign...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 602-610 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Elephantine-Urkunden
/ Elephantine
/ Jews
/ Passover
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism KBL Near East and North Africa TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism
Elephantine
diaspora (word)
Passover
Aramaic papyri
Torah
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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| Summary: | The history of the Jewish community at Elephantine plays a crucial role in the reconstruction of the early history of Judaism. One document in particular sheds a light on the emerging Jewish identity in the diaspora. It is Hananyah’s so-called Passover Letter. This contribution investigates the significance of Hananyah’s mission in Egypt, and more particularly its relationship with the missions of Ezra and Nehemiah. The investigation permits three conclusions. One, the Persians did not distinguish between ethnicity and religion; two, the codification of Jewish ritual preceded the codification of the Torah; and three, Jewish identity in the late 5th century allowed significant latitude in matters of doctrine and lifestyle. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341292 |