Centres and Peripheries in the Early Second Temple Period

Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Ehud Ben Zvi: Introduction -- Ehud Ben Zvi: Introductory Centre/Core-Periphery Considerations and the Case of Interplaying of Rigid and Flexible Constructions of Centre and Periphery among the Literati of the Late Persian/Early Hellen...

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Main Author: Levin, Christoph 1950- (Author)
Contributors: Zvi, Ehud Ben (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:Book Review (2018) (Hawkins, Ralph K.)
Series/Journal:Forschungen zum Alten Testament v.108
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Levin, Christoph: Centres and Peripheries in the Early Second Temple Period. - Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,c2016. - 9783161542930
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Summary:Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Ehud Ben Zvi: Introduction -- Ehud Ben Zvi: Introductory Centre/Core-Periphery Considerations and the Case of Interplaying of Rigid and Flexible Constructions of Centre and Periphery among the Literati of the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period -- A. Basic Considerations about the Model/s -- 1. Processes of Relative Hierarchical Branching -- 2. The Study of Inner Core or Peripheral Complexity and its Own Processes -- 3. Centering and Peripheralizing Tendencies and Processes
4. Multiple and Complementary Systems of Centre and Periphery involving the Same Partners -- 5. Matters of Othering (Including Gendering) -- B. From Theory to Practical Examples -- C. Reconstructing Some of the Rulesfor Constructing Centre and Periphery Axes within the Discourse of the Yehudite Literati -- Laurie E. Pearce: Looking for Judeans in Babylonia's Core and Periphery -- A. Center/Core and Periphery: A Heuristic Model -- B. A Top-Down Model -- C. How Babylonians Expressed a Notion of Core and Periphery -- D. Identifying Peripherals in the Corpus
E. Peripherals Supporting Core Economic Activities -- 1. Sippar -- 2. Susa -- 3. Judeans in the Rural Economy: The Land Behind Nippur -- F. Summary -- Bob Becking: Centre, Periphery, and Interference: Notes on the "Passover/Mazzot"-Letter from Elephantine -- A. The Mappa Mundi Perspective -- B. A Social Science Model -- C. Elephantine -- 1. An Important but Enigmatic Document -- 2. A few Remarks on the Translation -- 3. General Remarks -- D. Sender and Address -- E. Centre and Periphery as two Complex Systems -- F. Interference -- G. Passover and Mazzot at Elephantine -- H. Conclusion
Sylvie Honigman: Intercultural Exchanges in the Hellenistic East: The Respective Roles of Temples, Royal Offices, Courts, and Gymnasia -- A. Introduction -- B. The Gymnasion as an Institution for Athletic and Military Training -- 1. Gymnasia in Greek Cities -- 2. Gymnasia outside the Greek Cities -- 3. Jason's Gymnasion in Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 4:7-15) -- C. Primary Greek Education for Greek and Egyptian Boys in Ptolemaic Egypt -- 1. Greek Schools vs. Egyptian Temples: The Dual Institutional Setting -- 2. Content: Moral Instruction in Greek and Egyptian Primary Educations
D. The Higher Education of Royal Officials in Ptolemaic Egypt -- 1. The Social Identity of the Native Elites who learned Greek -- 2. Training Officials: Apprenticeship in the Administrative Offices (and not "Higher Education") -- E. From the Social Location of Texts to their Trans-Network Circulation within a Society -- F. The Circulation of Books and Ideas across Boundaries: The Royal Court as the Institution for Intercultural Encounters -- 1. Questioning the Model of Itinerant and Migrant Literati -- 2. Strootman's "Outer Court" -- 3. The Outer Court as a "Multiple" Contact Zone?
4. Devolution
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ISBN:3161550250