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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.>
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Contents
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Preface
Programme of the Conference
Introduction,
Lester L. GrabbeJudaic National Identity,
James K. AitkenGeographical Lists in Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of Archaeology: Persian or Hellenistic?,
Israel FinkelsteinHyparchs,
Oikonomoi, and Mafiosi: The Governance of Judah in the Ptolemaic Period,
Lester L. GrabbeKing and Temple in 2 Maccabees: The Case for Continuity,
Sylvie HonigmanFurther Thoughts on Josephus' Report of Alexander's Campaign to Palestine (AJ XI 304-347),
Aryeh KasherThe Introduction of the Greek Language and Culture in the Third Century BCE, according to the Archaeological Evidence in Idumaea,
Amos KlonerJerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of the City in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods,
Oded LipschitsThe Samaritans' Transition from the Persian to the Greek Period,
Menachem MorThe Alphabet that Never Was: A Possible Egyptian Influence on the Near East,
John RayEmpires and Farmers,
Eveline Van Der SteenEarly Enochic Tradition and the Restoration of Humanity: The Function and Significance of 1 Enoch 10,
Loren Stuckenbruck'Hellenistic Foundations' in Palestine,
Oren TalWill the Greek Texts Stand Up, Please,
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
About the author
Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull.He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is
Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?
Oded Lipschits is Associate Professor of Jewish History at Tel Aviv University. Publications include T
he Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: The History of Judah under Babylonian Rule (2005) and (with D. Vanderhooft)
Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Stamp Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah (forthcoming).
