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Exile and return [electronic resource] : the Babylonian context / edited by Jonathan Stökl and Caroline Waerzeggers.

Contributor(s): Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 478.Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110419283
  • 3110419289
  • 9783110419528
  • 3110419521
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 935/.04 23
LOC classification:
  • DS121.65 .E955 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Identifying Judeans and Judean Identity in the Babylonian Evidence ""; ""Negotiating Marriage in Multicultural Babylonia: An Example from the Judean Community in Al-Yahudu ""; ""From Syria to Babylon and Back: The Neirab Archive ""
""West Semitic Groups in the Nippur Region between c. 750 and 330 B.C.E. """"Egyptians in Babylonia in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods ""; ""Babylonian Kingship in the Persian Period: Performance and Reception ""
""Picking Up the Pieces of the Little Prince: Refractions of Neo-Babylonian Kingship Ideology in Ezekiel 40�48? """"The Reality of the Return: The Biblical Picture Versus Historical Reconstruction ""; ""Sheshbazzar, a Judean or a Babylonian? A Note on his Identity ""
""The Impact of the Second and Third-Generation Returnees as a Model for Understanding the Post-Exilic Context """"Temple Funding and Priestly Authority in Achaemenid Judah ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Non-bibliographical abbreviations ""; ""Index ""
Summary: This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud - a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Identifying Judeans and Judean Identity in the Babylonian Evidence ""; ""Negotiating Marriage in Multicultural Babylonia: An Example from the Judean Community in Al-Yahudu ""; ""From Syria to Babylon and Back: The Neirab Archive ""

""West Semitic Groups in the Nippur Region between c. 750 and 330 B.C.E. """"Egyptians in Babylonia in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods ""; ""Babylonian Kingship in the Persian Period: Performance and Reception ""

""Picking Up the Pieces of the Little Prince: Refractions of Neo-Babylonian Kingship Ideology in Ezekiel 40�48? """"The Reality of the Return: The Biblical Picture Versus Historical Reconstruction ""; ""Sheshbazzar, a Judean or a Babylonian? A Note on his Identity ""

""The Impact of the Second and Third-Generation Returnees as a Model for Understanding the Post-Exilic Context """"Temple Funding and Priestly Authority in Achaemenid Judah ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Non-bibliographical abbreviations ""; ""Index ""

This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud - a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem.

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