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This volume comprises ten articles written by scholars working on various topics connected to the intercultural relations of Judeans/Jews in the Achaemenid and early Hellenistic periods in Palestine and in the diaspora. Instead of presenting broad over-arching descriptions, it focuses on case studies of the said relations. The chapters written by historians, biblical scholars, archaeologists and papyrologists concern topics like interreligious influences, questions of social connectivity, material culture, literary practices and reactions to the policies of imperial elites. Discussed in the context of wider Achaemenid and Hellenistic world and their history, the volume will serve as an invaluable read for all the scholars and students of Judean/Jewish history and intercultural relations in the ancient Mediterranean.
About the author
Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, Ph.D., Habil, is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Warsaw.
Currently (2020– ) dean of the Faculty of History.
PhD in History - University of Warsaw (2002); Habilitation - University of Warsaw (2013).
Member of the Society of Biblical Literature; European Association of Biblical Studies; The Catholic Biblical Association of America.
Scholarships from the Catholic University of Leuven (1999; 2001, 2002, 2004); Italian Government Scholarship (stay in Rome) (2001); Foundation for Polish Science (2003; 2013-2014); The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe (2014-2019); Andrew Mellon Foundation (stay in Consejo Superior de Investigationes Científicas – Madrid, Spain, 2005).
Visiting scholar at the University of Notre Dame (2005/2006) (2010);
Visiting professor at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2016).Dr. Reinhard Müller ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Summary
This volume comprises ten articles written by scholars working on various topics connected to the intercultural relations of Judeans/Jews in the Achaemenid and early Hellenistic periods in Palestine and in the diaspora. Instead of presenting broad over-arching descriptions, it focuses on case studies of the said relations. The chapters written by historians, biblical scholars, archaeologists and papyrologists concern topics like interreligious influences, questions of social connectivity, material culture, literary practices and reactions to the policies of imperial elites. Discussed in the context of wider Achaemenid and Hellenistic world and their history, the volume will serve as an invaluable read for all the scholars and students of Judean/Jewish history and intercultural relations in the ancient Mediterranean.
Foreword
This volume focuses on the intercultural relations of Judeans in and outside Palestine (VI – II century BCE). With the contributions of historians, biblical scholars, archaeologists, and papyrologists, the book provides material for further interdisciplinary studies.
