Judaism in Persia's Shadow A Social and Historical Approach

Name: Judaism in Persia's Shadow A Social and Historical Approach
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ISBN: 9781592443086

ISBN-10: 1592443087

ISBN-13: 9781592443086

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Authors: Jon L. Berquist

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"This lively account of the influence of Persian history on the Hebrew Scriptures, and the people whose faith they express, places the emphasis exactly where it belongs. . . . this {is a} clear introduction . . . to the period, the time when a surprising amount of the Bible was written, but also to the issues of method that any serious study of the Bible must address".--Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 8/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Jon L. Berquist is the author and editor of several books, including Strike Terror No More and Incarnation, from Chalice Press.



Preface


Abbreviations



Perspectives on the Postexilic Period



Setting the Stage: Exile and Diaspora



Conquering Babylonia and the West: Cyrus (539-530 B.C.E.)



Stability and Stagnation: Cambyses (530-522 B.C.E.)



Enforcing Imperial Rule: Darius (522-486 B.C.E.)



The Emergence of Pluralism: Xerxes (486-465 B.C.E.)



Increasing Western Autonomy: Artaxerxes I (465-423 B.C.E.)



Stability and Pluralism: The Late Persian Period (423-333 B.C.E.)



Governors and the Law: Political and Social Maintenance



The Priesthood's Capture of Religion: Religious Maintenance



Sages and Wisdom: Intellectual Maintenance and Social Symbolism



Apocalyptic Visions: Rhetoric of Violent Opposition



Songs of Joy and Pain: Popular Images of a Different World



Wisdom as Dissent: Undermining Society's Assumptions



Stories of the Larger World: Imagining Other Lives



The Effects of the Persian Period


Appendix. Methods for Studying Postexilic Society


Bibliography: Texts from the Postexilic Period


Bibliography: The History of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid Period


Bibliography: Sociological Methodology


Subject and Name Index


Scripture Index