Judaism in Persia's shadow : a social and historical approach

Title
  1. Judaism in Persia's shadow : a social and historical approach / Jon L. Berquist.
Published by
  1. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [1995]
  2. copyright ©1995
Author
  1. Berquist, Jon L.

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Description
  1. vi, 282 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C
  2. 586 B.C.-210 A.D
  3. Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
  4. Achaemenid
  5. 11.42 history of Old Testament times
  6. Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
  7. Juden
  8. Achaemeniden
  9. Joden
  10. Babylonische ballingschap (vc0586-vc0521)
  11. Zoroastrianism > Relations > Judaism
  12. Judaism > Relations > Zoroastrianism
  13. Palästina
  14. Juden
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Perspectives on the postexilic period -- Setting the stage : exile and diaspora -- Conquering Babylonia and the West : Cyrus (539-530 B.C.E.) -- Stability and stagnation : Cambyses (530-522 B.C.E.) -- Enforcing imperial rule : Darius (522-486 B.C.E.) -- The emergence of pluralism : Xerxes (486-465 B.C.E.) -- Increasing western autonomy : Artaxerxes I (465-423 B.C.E.) -- Stability and pluralism : the late Persian period (423-333 B.C.E.) -- Governors and the law : political and social maintenance -- The priesthood's capture of religion : religious maintenance -- Sages and wisdom : intellectual maintenance and social symbolism -- Apocalyptic visions : rhetoric of violent opposition -- Songs of joy and pain : popular images of a different world -- Wisdom as dissent : undermining society's assumptions -- Stories of the larger world : imagining other lives -- The effects of the Persian period.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.