Judah and the Judeans in the Achaemenid period Negotiating identity in an international context
Oded Lipschitz
- U.S.A Eisenbrauns 2011
- 600tr. Hardcover 23cm
In April 2008, an international colloquium was held at the University of Heidelberg―the fourth convocation of a group of scholars (with some rotating members) who gathered to discuss the status of Judah and the Judeans in the exilic and postexilic periods. The goal of this gathering was specifically to address the question of national identity in the period when many now believe this very issue was in significant foment and development, the era of the Persian/Achaemenid domination of the ancient Near East. This volume contains most of the papers delivered at the Heidelberg conference, considering the matter under two rubrics: (1) the biblical evidence (and the diversity of data from the Bible)
9781575061979
Bible -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- Congresses