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Times of Transition: Judea in the Early Hellenistic Period

Times of Transition: Judea in the Early Hellenistic Period

Honigman, Sylvie
Nihan, Christophe
Lipschits, Oded

Hardcover

Series: Mosaics, Book 1

Ancient History GeneralGeneral World HistoryIsrael & Palestine History

ISBN10: 1646021142
ISBN13: 9781646021147
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 416
Weight: 3.40
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.80 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

This multidisciplinary study takes a fresh look at Judean history and biblical literature in the late fourth and third centuries BCE. In a major reappraisal of this era, the contributions to this volume depict it as one in which critical changes took place.

Until recently, the period from Alexander's conquest in 332 BCE to the early years of Seleucid domination following Antiochus III's conquest in 198 BCE was reputed to be poorly documented in material evidence and textual production, buttressing the view that the era from late Persian to Hasmonean times was one of seamless continuity. Biblical scholars believed that no literary activity belonged to the Hellenistic age, and archaeologists were unable to refine their understanding because of a lack of secure chronological markers. However, recent studies are revealing this period as one of major social changes and intense literary activity. Historians have shed new light on the nature of the Hellenistic empires and the relationship between the central power and local entities in ancient imperial settings, and the redating of several biblical texts to the third century BCE challenges the traditional periodization of Judean history.

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