Persia’s Loyal Yahwists: Power Identity and Ethnicity in Achaemenid Yehud

Kessler, John

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“…318v (as quoted in Yerushalmi 2005: 14) believed that it was part of divine providence that diasporic Jews should not be handed over as slaves to ordinary masters, but "that they should remain in the hands of the kings of the earth and that they should be servants of kings and not servants of servants." 36 As such, it is hardly the only text in the Persian-period biblical literature that portrays the Persians in a flattering way (Grabbe 2004: 70-99;Kessler 2006;Blenkinsopp 2013: 54-70).…”

Section: The Artaxerxes Rescript and The Jerusalem Templementioning

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The Construction of Judean Diasporic Identity in Ezra–Nehemiah

Knoppers

2015

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This essay explores how Ezra–Nehemiah partially inverts the traditional paradigm of exile found in other biblical writings. When one community is formed at some distance from another in antiquity, the derivative community normally appears as a dependent community (or colony). Yet, in Ezra–Nehemiah the homeland repeatedly experiences renewal through initiatives undertaken by diaspora Judeans. Particular attention is given to how the vertical alliances forged within the Achaemenid administration by two diaspora leaders—Ezra and Nehemiah—are deployed to benefit Yehud. The commendation of Ezra and Nehemiah raises fascinating issues about developing notions of Judean ethnicity and identity in a world dominated by imperial interests.

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The Construction of Judean Diasporic Identity in Ezra–Nehemiah

Knoppers

2015

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Locations of God

Brett¹

2019

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Political theology includes critical reflection on the intersections of religious, political, and economic life, and in the Hebrew Bible, it is articulated in many different ways. Examining a range of key topics—sovereignty, leadership, law, peoplehood, hospitality, redemption, creation, and eschatology—this book focuses in particular on conceptions of nationhood and empire, showing how they have figured in the forming and re-forming of ancient Israel’s social body in a number of geographical settings. The argument suggests that the national imaginary and its imperial alternatives were woven into the biblical traditions by authors who enjoyed very little in the way of political sovereignty. Eight different political theologies are outlined, articulated in the diverse genres of historiography, law, prophecy, and wisdom. The classic biblical literature has shaped the social imaginations of many peoples from ancient Canaan to global Christianity today, so attention is also given to key developments in the history of the Bible’s reception, particularly in the rise of modern polities, and in a variety of colonial projects. Understanding the inner-biblical debates and their later interpretations will continue to be relevant for those who still live within the Bible’s history of reception.

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Persia’s Loyal Yahwists: Power Identity and Ethnicity in Achaemenid Yehud

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