Essays on Judaism in the Pre-Hellenistic period
Publié dans: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
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Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Publié: |
Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2017]
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Dans: |
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (volume 495)
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Collection/Revue: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
volume 495 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Judaïsme primitif
/ Littérature
/ Histoire 586 avant J.-C.-332 avant J.-C.
B Israël (Antiquité) / Histoire 586 avant J.-C.-332 avant J.-C. |
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Cover (Verlag) Volltext (Resolving-System) |
Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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Description: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017) The essays deal with developments during the period from the liquidation of the Judean state to the conquests of Alexander the Great. This was a critical time in the Near East and the Mediterranean world in general. It marked the end of the great Semitic empires until the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D.,decisive changes in religion, with appeal to a creator-deity in Deutero-Isaiah, Babylonian Marduk cult, and Zoroastrianism.For the survivors of the Babylonian conquest in a post-collapse society the issue of continuity, with different groups claiming continuity with the past and possession of the traditions, there developed a situation favourable to the emergence of sects. The most pressing question, however, was what to do faced with the overwhelming power of empire, first Babylonian, then Persian. Finally, with the extinction of the native dynasty and the entire apparatus of a nation-state, the temple became the focus and emblem of group identity |
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ISBN: | 3110476878 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110476873 |