LEADER 03684oam 22005414a 450 001 9910861988503321 005 20211005110325.0 010 $a1-64602-074-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781646020744 035 $a(CKB)4100000011802719 035 $a(DE-B1597)583893 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781646020744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6521050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6521050 035 $a(OCoLC)1243538348 035 $a(OCoLC)1242465255 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_82883 035 $a(OCoLC)1253312745 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011802719 100 $a20210630d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIdentity in Persian Egypt$eThe Fate of the Yehudite Community of Elephantine 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA : $cPenn State University Press, $d[2021] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 311 $a1-57506-745-5 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tIntroduction -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tChapter 1. How Persian Power Entered Egypt -- $tChapter 2. Yehudites at Elephantine: Provenance, Identity, and Religion -- $tChapter 3. Multiethnic Elephantine: Some Remarks on Different Minor Ethnicities in a Persian Border Garrison -- $tChapter 4. Pax Persica: Cooperation, Cohabitation, and Acceptance -- $tChapter 5. Control Through Education, Law, and Military Power -- $tChapter 6. Disruptions of the Interethnic Solidarity -- $tChapter 7. ?Khnum Is Against Us Since Hananiah Has Been in Egypt?: On Two Historical Movements in the Fifth Century BCE -- $tChapter 8. Beyond the Final Curtain: The Aftermath of Elephantine -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Authors -- $tIndex of Ancient Sources 330 $aIn this book, Bob Becking provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the origins, lives, and eventual fate of the Yehudites, or Judeans, at Elephantine, framed within the greater history of the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. The Yehudites were among those mercenaries recruited by the Persians to defend the southwestern border of the empire in the fifth century BCE. Becking argues that this group, whom some label as the first ?Jews,? lived on the island of Elephantine in relative peace with other ethnic groups under the aegis of the pax persica. Drawing on Aramaic and Demotic texts discovered during excavations on the island and at Syene on the adjacent shore of the Nile, Becking finds evidence of intermarriage, trade cooperation, and even a limited acceptance of one another?s gods between the various ethnic groups at Elephantine. His analysis of the Elephantine Yehudites? unorthodox form of Yahwism provides valuable insight into the group?s religious beliefs and practices. An important contribution to the study of Yehudite life in the diaspora, this accessibly written and sweeping history enhances our understanding of the varieties of early Jewish life and how these contributed to the construction of Judaism. 606 $aJews$zEgypt$zElephantine$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aHISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine$2bisacsh 607 $aElephantine (Egypt)$xAntiquities 607 $aElephantine (Egypt)$xEthnic relations 607 $aElephantine (Egypt)$xReligion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine. 676 $a932/.3 700 $aBOB BECKING$0737743 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910861988503321 996 $aIdentity in Persian Egypt$94167671 997 $aUNINA