The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem

1. Verfasser: Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2005.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 440 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Bible world (London, England)
Online Zugang: Table of contents
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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-5th 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.