Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E.

Published by Penn State University Press 2007

Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E.

Edited by: Oded Lipschits , Gary N. Knoppers and Rainer Albertz

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065809

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During the past decade, the period from the 7th century B.C.E. and later has been a major focus because it is thought to be the era when much of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was formed. As a result, there has also been much interest in the historical developments of that time and specifically in the status of Judah and its neighbors. Three conferences dealing roughly with a century each were organized, and the first conference was held in Tel Aviv in 2001; the proceedings of that conference were published as Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. The second volume was published in early 2006, a report on the conference held in Heidelberg in July 2003: Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period.

Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. is the publication of the proceedings of the third conference, which was held in Muenster, Germany, in August 2005; the essays in it focus on the century during which the Persian Empire fell to Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic kingdoms came to the fore.

Participants whose contributions are published here are: R. Achenbach, R. Albertz, B. Becking, E. Ben Zvi, J. Blenkinsopp, E. Eshel, H. Eshel, L. L. Grabbe, A. Kloner, G. N. Knoppers, I. Kottsieper, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, Y. Magen, K. Schmid, I. Stern., O. Tal, D. Vanderhooft, J. Wiesehöfer, J. L. Wright, and J. W. Wright.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Gary N. Knoppers, Oded Lipschits and Rainer Albertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. The History of the Fourth Century: A View from the Center
The Achaemenid Empire in the Fourth Century b.c.e.: A Period of Decline? Josef Wiesehöfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Part 2 Judah in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods
The Settlement Archaeology of the Province of Judah: A Case Study Oded Lipschits and Oren Tal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Administration in Fourth-Century b.c.e. Judah in Light of Epigraphy and Numismatics André Lemaire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Yehud Stamp Impressions in the Fourth Century b.c.e.: A Time of Administrative Consolidation? Oded Lipschits and David Vanderhooft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
“And They Did Not Care to Speak Yehudit”: On Linguistic Change in Judah during the Late Persian Era Ingo Kottsieper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Archaeology and Archaiologias: Relating Excavations to History in Fourth-Century b.c.e. Palestine Lester L. Grabbe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Part 3 Edom and Samaria: Judah’s Neighbors in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods
Idumea in the Late Persian Period (Fourth Century b.c.e.) Amos Kloner and Ian Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
The Onomasticon of Mareshah in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods Esther Eshel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Dating of the First Phase of the Samaritan Temple on Mount Gerizim in Light of the Archaeological Evidence Yitzhak Magen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Do the Earliest Samaritan Inscriptions Already Indicate a Parting of the Ways? Bob Becking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
The Governors of Samaria in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries b.c.e. Hanan Eshel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Part 4 Biblical Literature in the Late Persian and Hellenistic Periods
The Late Persian Formation of the Torah: Observations on Deuteronomy 34 Konrad Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
The Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Torah in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries b.c.e. Reinhard Achenbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
The Canonical Alignment of the Book of Joshua Rainer Albertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Nehemiah and Sanballat: The Enemy Without or Within? Gary N. Knoppers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
A New Model for the Composition of Ezra-Nehemiah Jacob L. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Who Knew What? The Construction of the Monarchic Past in Chronicles and Implications for the Intellectual Setting of Chronicles Ehud Ben Zvi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
“Those Doing the Work for the Service in the House of the Lord” 1 Chronicles 23:6–24:31 and the Sociohistorical Context of the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem in the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period John W. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
The Development of Jewish Sectarianism from Nehemiah to the Hasidim Joseph Blenkinsopp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Index of Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	410
Index of Sites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: June 23, 2007
ISBN: 9781575065809