Research Catalog

Title

The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem / Diana Edelman.

Author

Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954-

Publication

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2005.

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Details

Description

xvi, 440 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

BibleWorld

Uniform Title

Bible world (London, England)

Subject

• Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, -425 B.C. or 424 B.C. > Relations with Jews
• Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, -425 B.C. or 424 B.C
• Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) > History
• Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
• Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) > History
• Bible. > History of Biblical events
• Bible. > Chronology
• Bible
• Bible > History of Biblical events
• To 1500
• Geschichte 520 v. Chr.-430 v. Chr
• History of Biblical events
• Relations with Jews
• Religionspolitik
• Jerusalem > History > To 1500
• Yehud (Persian province)
• Asia > Yehud (Persian province)
• Middle East > Jerusalem
• Iran Altertum
• Judäa
• Jerusalem (Israel) > History
• Jerusalem > Tempel

Genre/Form

• Chronologies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-405) and indexes.

Contents

When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah -- What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah -- It's all in the sources : the historicity of the account of temple-rebuilding in Ezra 1-6 -- Setting the bounds : the territory comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the mid-fifth century BCE -- Excavating the past : settlement patterns and military installations in Persian-era Yehud -- Piety or pragmatism? : the policy of Artaxerxes I for the development of Yehud.

ISBN

• 1845530160
• 9781845530167
• 1845530179
• 9781845530174

LCCN

2004023176

OCLC

• ocm56794675
• 56794675
• SCSB-14408600

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library