In the first of four volumes on A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Yehud - the Aramaic name for Judah - during the Persian Period. Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them 'speak' to us through the fog of centuries? This first volume, Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events of Judah at the time.

About the Author
Lester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. His other books include Like a Bird in a Cage, Did Moses Speak Attic? and Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period.

Reviews
...is a detailed overview of the scholarship on and primary textual and archaeological sources for the study of Persian period Yehud that eschews privileging of the biblical material but seeks to arrive at objective results by means of a careful synthesis of biblical and extrabiblical data. * Old Testament Abstracts *



Book Information
ISBN 9780567043528
Author Dr. Lester L. Grabbe
Format Paperback
Page Count 494
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 750g