Reinventing Mosaic Torah in Ezra-Nehemiah in the Light of the Law (dāta) of Ahura Mazda and Zarathustra
In this study I examine the linguistic and theological contours of the term tôrah in Ezra-Nehemiah - particularly the identification of tôrah with the law (dt / dtʾ) of God promulgated by Ezra (Ezra 7:14) - through the lens of Old Persian and Avestan notions of the law set down (dāta) by Ahura M...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2017]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-345 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ezra
/ Nehemiah
/ Torah
/ Iran (Antiquity)
/ Zarathustra 628 BC-551 BC
/ Avesta
/ Ahura Masda
/ Legislation
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
GOD in Zoroastrianism
B ZOROASTRIAN gods B ACHAEMENID dynasty, 705 B.C.-330 B.C B Zoroastrianism B Bible. Pentateuch |
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