Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (2010 Grabbe, Lipschits), edited volume

Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE) (2010) is a volume edited by Lester L. Grabbe and Oded Lipschitz.

Abstract

"A conference held at Tel Aviv University, 17-19 April 2007 sponsored by the ASG (the Academic Study Group for Israel and the Middle East) and Tel Aviv University."

"This is a collection of essays by leading scholars examining the period of transition between Persian and Greek rule of Judah, ca. 400-200 BCE. Judah Between East and West is a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field, presenting the main findings of a recent conference of British and Israeli scholars at held at Tel Aviv University. The contributions focus on the period of transition between Persian and Greek rule of Judah, ca. 400-200 BCE, though some of the essays are extended outside these time limits. The volume aims to explore this period in all its complexity, as far as the limitations of a single publication allows! Subjects covered include the archaeology of Maresha/Marisa, Jewish identity, Hellenization/Hellenism, Ptolemaic administration in Judah, biblical and Jewish literature of the early Greek period, the size and status of Jerusalem, the Samaritans in the transition period, and Greek foundations in Palestine. The Library of Second Temple Studies is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates in the field of Second Temple studies. All the many and diverse aspects of Second Temple study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in London [England]: T&T Clark, 2010 (Library of Second Temple Studies, 75).

Contents

Judaic national identity / James K. Aitken -- Geographic lists in Ezra and Nehemiah in the light of archaeology : Persan or Helenistic? / Israel Finkelstein -- Hyparchs, oikonomoi and mafiosi : the governance of Judah in the Ptolemaic period / Lester L. Grabbe -- King and Temple in 2 Maccabbees : the case for continuity / Sylvie Honigman -- Further revised thoughts on Josephus' report of Alexander's campaign to Palestine (ANT. 11.304-347) / Aryeh Kasher -- The introduction of the Greek language and culture in the third century BCE, according to the archaeological evidence in Idumea / Amos Kloner -- Jerusalem between two periods of greatness : the size and status of the city in the Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods / Oded Lipschits -- The Samaritans in transition from the Persian to the Greek period / Menachem Mor -- The alphabet that never was : a possible Egyptian influence on the Near East / John Ray -- Empires and farmers / Eveline van der Steen -- Early Enochic tradition and the restoration of humanity : the function and significance of 1 Enoch 10 / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- 'Hellenistic foundations' in Palestine / Oren Tal -- Will the prophetic texts from the Hellenistic period stand up, please! / Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

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