Yahwism under the Achaemenid empire : Professor Shaul Shaked in memoriam / edited by Gad Barnea and Reinhard G. Kratz.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Barnea, Gad, editor.

Kratz, Reinhard Gregor, 1957- editor.

Shaked, Shaul, honouree.

Conference Name:

Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire : Prof. Shaul Shaked in Memoriam (2022 : Haifa, Israel), author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 548.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; volume 548

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C--Congresses.

Achaemenid dynasty.

Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B.C.

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

Jews.

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

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

Judaism.

Jews--Iran--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Iran--History--To 640.

Iran.

Iran--History--To 640--Congresses.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

proceedings (reports)

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiv, 590 pages : illustrations (some color), color portrait, genealogical table, plans, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]

Summary:

"The Achaemenid period (550-330 BCE) is rightly seen as one of the most formative periods in Judaism. It is the period in which large portions of the Bible were edited and redacted and others were authored--yet no dedicated interdisciplinary study has been undertaken to present a consistent picture of this decisive time period. This book is dedicated to the study of the touchpoints between Yahwistic communities throughout the Achaemenid empire and the Iranian attributes of the empire that ruled over them for about two centuries. Its approach is fundamentally interdisciplinary. It brings together scholars of Achaemenid history, literature and religion, Iranian linguistics, historians of the Ancient Near East, archeologists, biblical scholars and Semiticists. The goal is to better understand the interchange of ideas, expressions and concepts as well as the experience of historical events between Yahwists and the empire that ruled over them for over two centuries. The book will open up a holisitic perspective on this important era to scholars of a wide variety of fields in the study of Judaism in the Ancient Near East." -- Publisher description.

Contents:

P. Berlin 13464, Yahwism and Achaemenid Zoroastrianism at Elephantine / Gad Barnea

Yhwh Shomron and Yhwh Elohim in the Achaemenid Province of Samaria / Diana V. Edelman

The linguistic milieu of Elephantine Aramaic : Persian loanwords and examples of Egyptian code-switching / Margaretha Folmer

Reconsidering Yahwism in Persian period Idumea in light of the current material findings / Benedikt Hensel

Samarians in the Egyptian diaspora / Tawny L. Holm

The cultic fire in the priestly source / Itamar Kislev

From יהה צבאת to יהו מרא שמיא : aspects of religious development on Elephantine = From Yahwa tsevat to Yahwa mara shemaya : aspects of religious development on Elephantine / Ingo Kottsieper

Where to put "Biblical" Yahwism in Achaemenid times? / Reinhard G. Kratz

"Those who live in these ruins in the land of Israel" (Ezekiel 33:24) : some thoughts on living in the shadow of ruins in Persian-period Judah / Oded Lipschits

Administering cult at Elephantine / James D. Moore

Cyrus as Mašiaḥ or Χριστός and the implications of this title on the theology of power in late antiquity = Cyrus as Mas̆iaḥ or Christos, and the implications of this title on the theology of power in late antiquity / Antonio Panaino

Through a Babylonian looking glass : a perspective on foreign wives / Laurie E. Pearce

Yahu and its cognates in personal names : the problem of Yama / Bezalel Porten

The '"eternal fire," Achaemenid Zoroastrianism and the origin of the fire temples / Michael Shenkar

The end of history and the ends of history : assessing the political-theological status of the Achaemenid Empire in Persian period Judaism / Konrad Schmid

The Torah as a closed cluster text : conceptualizing the transmission of the Pentateuch in the Persian period / Stefan Schorch

Yahwism in the Achaemenid imperial religious field : using Bourdieu as a theorist of religious change in the Persian Empire / Jason M. Silverman

Persian imperialism and the religious imagination / Karel van der Toorn

Issues pertaining to the Israelite-Judeans in pre-Islamic Mesopotamia and the Land of Israel as well as their encounters with Iranians / Ran Zadok.

Notes:

"This book contains the fruit of three-day international symposium - held in memory of the late Prof. Shaul Shaked - in Dec. 2022 at the university of Haifa." - Preface.

Conference website contains link to recordings of presentations -- https://www.yahwistichistory.org/ -- last viewed 2024-12-05.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783111016092

3111016099

OCLC:

1434649291

Access Restriction:

Open access publication.

Online:

Conference presentation recordings.