The Crisis of Israelite Religion: Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times

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M.C.A. Korpel, Bob Prof. Dr. Becking
BRILL, 22 nov. 2021 - 320 pages
Exile and Return have caused a crisis in Israelite religion. This crisis eventually gave the impetus for the emergence of Judaism. The papers in this volume, originally read at a Symposium organized by Utrecht University in April 1998, discuss the relevant aspects of this crisis and the shift from Yahwism to Judaism. The collection of papers is unique in presenting a multidimensional treatment of the problems involved. Biblical texts are read against their historical background with the question in mind: How did the author(s) of this text cope with the changed and shifting situation? Next to that the period under consideration is discussed from historical, religion-historical, archaeological and iconographic angles.
The volume underscores the significance of this period for Biblical studies and will certainly yield further discussion.
 

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Some Introductory Remarks
1
Israels Historical Reality after the Exile
9
Exile and Restoration in the Book of Chronicles
33
Die Haltung der Schlussredaktion des deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerkes zu den wichtigsten Fragen ihrer Zeit
45
Between Judgment in Ezekiel and Salvation in Second Isaiah
71
Reading Isaiah 40 and 55
90
Coping with the Reality of the Exile in the Book of Ezekiel
114
Powerful Persianisms in Glyptic Iconography of Persian Period Palestine
134
ReligioHistorical Aspects of the Early PostExilic Period
228
Religion in Palestine in the Assyrian and Persian Periods
245
The Belief System of the Book of Ezra
256
The Belief System of the Book of Nehemiah
276
Abbreviations
288
Index of Authors
290
Index of Biblical Texts
296
Index of Elephantine Texts
305

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183
From the Prophet to the Completed Book a Changing Message in Changing Times
194
Ezra 9 Nehemiah 9 and 2 Chronicles 12 Compared
209

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À propos de l'auteur (2021)

Bob Becking, Ph.D. (1985), Utrecht, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Utrecht University. His publications include The Fall of Samaria: An Archaeological and Historical Study (Brill, 1992). He is co-editor of the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (Brill, 1995, 1999). Marjo C.A. Korpel, D.D. (1990), Theological University of Kampen, is Lecturer for Old Testament Studies at Utrecht University. Her publications concern Ugaritic and Hebrew poetry, including (with J.C. de Moor) The Structure of Classical Hebrew Poetry: Isaiah 40-55 (Brill, 1998).

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