The citizen-temple community / Joel Weinberg ; translated by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veĭnberg, I. P. (Ioėl Pesakhovich)

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 151.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Jews--Politics and government--To 70 A.D.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Often working under severely restricted academic and social conditions, the Latvian scholar Joel Weinberg has made a unique and important contribution to biblical studies. Influenced by Soviet work in ancient Near Eastern history, Weinberg''s distinctive approach is in dialogue with scholarship in both Eastern and Western European traditions. This translation brings together seven essays originally published in Russian, then translated and expanded by Weinberg into German. The essays form the basis of what was originally Weinberg''s dissertation. Publication of these essays in English will not

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Translator''s Foreword; Chapter 1 COMMENTS ON THE PROBLEM OF ''PRE-HELLENISM IN THE NEAR EAST''; Chapter 2 DEMOGRAPHIC NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE POSTEXILIC COMMUNITY IN JUDAH; Chapter 3 THE Bêt Ābôt IN THE SIXTH TO FOURTH CENTURIES BCE; Chapter 4 THE ''Am Hā''āres OF THE SIXTH TO FOURTH CENTURIES BCE; Chapter 5 N[sup(e)]tînîm AND ''SONS OF THE SLAVES OF SOLOMON'' IN THE SIXTH TO FOURTH CENTURIES BCE; Chapter 6 THE AGRICULTURAL RELATIONS OF THE CITIZEN-TEMPLE COMMUNITY IN THE ACHAEMENID PERIOD

Chapter 7 CENTRAL AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE ACHAEMENID EMPIREChapter 8 THE POSTEXILIC CITIZEN-TEMPLE COMMUNITY: THEORY AND REALITY; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613271174

9781283271172

1283271176

9780567588265

0567588262

OCLC:

893336072