Temple Restoration in Early Achaemenid Judah

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-11509-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 65, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 826 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

In the early Achaemenid Persian period, the Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of Yahweh. This volume investigates issues surrounding the rebuilding of this temple, focusing on the timing and purpose of the project, and the social and political circumstances in which it was undertaken.
The study reflects on certain passages from the Old Testament, such as Ezra 1-6, Haggai, and Zechariah 1-8; early Achaemenid Persian administrative practices; and Judean hopes for restoration in order to question the contention that the Jerusalem temple was established as an economic and administrative centre around which competing groups struggled for socio-economic and political power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bedford, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Ross Bedford, Ph.D. (1992) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and History, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.