Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian period : studies in the religion and society of the Judaean community at Elephantine / Gard Granerod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Granerød, Gard, author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 488.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 488

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Judaism--Egypt--Elephantine.

Judaea (Region)--Religion.

Judaea (Region).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What was Judaean religion in the Persian period like? Is it necessary to use the Bible to give an answer to the question? Among other things the study argues that • the religion practiced in the 5th c. BCE Elephantine community and which is reflected in the so-called Elephantine documents represent a well-attested manifestation of lived Persian period Yahwism,• as religio-historical sources, the Elephantine documents reveal more about the actual religious practice of the Elephantine Judaeans than what the highly edited and canonised texts of the Bible reveal about the religious practice of the contemporary Yahwistic coreligionists in Judah, and• the image of the Elephantine Judaism emerging from the Elephantine documents can revise the canonised image of Judaean religion in the Persian period (cf. A. Assmann). The Elephantine Yahwism should not be interpreted within a framework dependent upon theological, conceptual and spatial concepts alien to it, such as biblical ones. The study proposes an alternative framework by approaching the Elephantine documents on the basis of N. Smart’s multidimensional model of religion. Elephantine should not be exotified but brought to the very centre of any discussion of the history of Judaism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Social Dimension

3. The Material Dimension

4. The Ritual Dimension

5. The Mythic and Narrative Dimension

6. The Ethical Dimension

7. Conclusion and Outlook

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Aramaic, Hebrew, Old Persian and Greek Words

Index of Ancient Names, Deities and Epithets

Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110453171

3110453177

9783110454314

3110454319

OCLC:

954671550