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Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire
Professor Shaul Shaked in Memoriam
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Edited by:
Gad Barnea
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2024
About this book
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The Achaemenid period (550–330 BCE) is rightly seen as one of the most formative periods in Judaism. It is the period in which large portions of the Bible were edited and redacted and others were authored—yet no dedicated interdisciplinary study has been undertaken to present a consistent picture of this decisive time period.
This book is dedicated to the study of the touchpoints between Yahwistic communities throughout the Achaemenid empire and the Iranian attributes of the empire that ruled over them for about two centuries. Its approach is fundamentally interdisciplinary. It brings together scholars of Achaemenid history, literature and religion, Iranian linguistics, historians of the Ancient Near East, archeologists, biblical scholars and Semiticists. The goal is to better understand the interchange of ideas, expressions and concepts as well as the experience of historical events between Yahwists and the empire that ruled over them for over two centuries. The book will open up a holisitic perspective on this important era to scholars of a wide variety of fields in the study of Judaism in the Ancient Near East.
This book is dedicated to the study of the touchpoints between Yahwistic communities throughout the Achaemenid empire and the Iranian attributes of the empire that ruled over them for about two centuries. Its approach is fundamentally interdisciplinary. It brings together scholars of Achaemenid history, literature and religion, Iranian linguistics, historians of the Ancient Near East, archeologists, biblical scholars and Semiticists. The goal is to better understand the interchange of ideas, expressions and concepts as well as the experience of historical events between Yahwists and the empire that ruled over them for over two centuries. The book will open up a holisitic perspective on this important era to scholars of a wide variety of fields in the study of Judaism in the Ancient Near East.
Author / Editor information
Gad Barnea, University of Haifa, Israel; Reinhard G. Kratz, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Table of Contents
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P. Berlin 13464, Yahwism and Achaemenid Zoroastrianism at Elephantine
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Yhwh Shomron and Yhwh Elohim in the Achaemenid Province of Samaria
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The Linguistic Milieu of Elephantine Aramaic: Persian Loanwords and Examples of Egyptian Code-switching
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Reconsidering Yahwism in Persian Period Idumea in Light of the Current Material Findings
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Samarians in the Egyptian Diaspora
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The Cultic Fire in the Priestly Source
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From יהה צבאת to יהו מרא שמיא : Aspects of religious development on Elephantine
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Where to put “Biblical” Yahwism in Achaemenid Times?
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“Those who live in these ruins in the land of Israel” (Ezekiel 33:24): Some Thoughts on Living in the Shadow of Ruins in Persian-period Judah
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Administering Cult at Elephantine
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Cyrus as Mašiaḥ or Χριστός, and the Implications of this Title on the Theology of Power in Late Antiquity
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Through a Babylonian looking glass: a perspective on foreign wives
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Yahu and Its Cognates in Personal Names: The Problem of Yama
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The ‘Eternal Fire’, Achaemenid Zoroastrianism and the Origin of the Fire Temples
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The End of History and the Ends of History: Assessing the Political-Theological Status of the Achaemenid Empire in Persian Period Judaism
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The Torah as a Closed Cluster Text: Conceptualizing the Transmission of the Pentateuch in the Persian Period
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Yahwism in the Achaemenid Imperial Religious Field: Using Bourdieu as a theorist of religious change in the Persian Empire
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Persian Imperialism and the Religious Imagination
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Issues Pertaining to the Israelite-Judeans in Pre-Islamic Mesopotamia and the Land of Israel as well as Their Encounters with Iranians
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Abbreviations
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Index
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
November 4, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783111018638
Hardcover published on:
November 4, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111016092
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
14
Main content:
590
Illustrations:
13
Coloured Illustrations:
16
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars in Biblical studies, Ancient Judaism/Ancient Near East, Archaeology, Achaemenid Persia, Semitic linguistics.
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