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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827100103321

Autore

Weinberg Joel (Joel P.)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1992

ISBN

1-283-27117-6

9786613271174

0-567-58826-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 pages)

Collana

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

Disciplina

221.6

Soggetti

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

Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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