The end of history and the last king : Achaemenid ideology and community identity in Ezra-Nehemiah /

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Main Authors: Janzen, David, 1968- (Author)
Published: T & T Clark,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2022.
©2021
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 713
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Carrier Form: xiv, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-253) and indexes.
ISBN: 9780567698001
0567698009
9780567698018
0567698017
Index Number: BS1355
CLC: B971.1
Call Number: B971.1/J354
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.