Jewish religious life in the Persian period

The ‘Persian period’ – roughly, the two centuries from Cyrus ‘capture of Babylon in 539 to Alexander’s capture of Tyre in 332 b.c.e. – presents us with such variety in what may loosely be called ‘Jewish religious life’ that it raises the question, what is meant by ‘Jewish’? The adjective derives fro...

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Main Author: Smith, Morton (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
In: The Cambridge history of Judaism ; Vol. 1: Introduction, the Persian period
Year: 2004, Pages: 219 278