Judah in the Biblical Period: historical, archaeological, and biblical studies : selected essays
"The 36 essays in this book from over 20 years of research, some of them prublished previously only in Hebrew or German, present a broad picture of the Hebrew Bible against the background of the Biblical history and the archeology of Judah throughout the six centuries of the 'Age of Empire...
| Summary: | "The 36 essays in this book from over 20 years of research, some of them prublished previously only in Hebrew or German, present a broad picture of the Hebrew Bible against the background of the Biblical history and the archeology of Judah throughout the six centuries of the 'Age of Empires'. This 600-year-long period, when Judah was a vassal kingdom of the Assyrian, Egyptian and Babylonian empires and then successively a Babylonian, Persian, Ptolemaic and Seleucid province, was the longest and the most influential in Judean history and historiography. The administration that was shaped and developed during this period, the rural economy, the settlement pattern and the place of Jerusalem as a small temple, surrounded by a small settlement of (mainly) priests, Levites and other temple servants, characterize Judah during most of its history. It is the formative period when most of the Hebrew Bible was written and edited, when the main features of Judaism were shaped and when Judean cult and theology were created and developed." -- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 657-730 |
| ISBN: | 3110484234 |