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Subject(s)

• Bible Ezra—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Bible Nehemiah—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Group identity [Browse]
• Jews—Identity [Browse]
• Kings and rulers—Religious aspects [Browse]

Series

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 713. [More in this series]
• T & T Clark library of biblical studies [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-253) and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction : community identity, Achaemenid ideology, and the composition of Ezra-Nehemiah
• Community identity in Ezra-Nehemiah
• The beneficent king in Achaemenid ideology and in Ezra-Nehemiah
• The king, God, and torture
• Empire and ideology in Persian-period Judah
• Conclusion : the struggle over community identity in the Persian period.

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ISBN

• 9780567698018
• 0567698017 ((hardback))

OCLC

1181834028

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