Erhard Gerstenberger

Israel in the Persian Period: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E

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Although the Persians are seldom mentioned explicitly in the Hebrew Bible, the Persian period (539 331 B.C.E.) gave new shape to ancient Israel, as the biblical text evolved and the foundations of the Judeo-Christian tradition were laid. Therefore, contrary to earlier views, Persian politics, culture, and religion were the setting within which the nascent Jewish community lived and took shape. Against the backdrop of the history and intellectual world of Persia, Gerstenberger describes this exciting 200-year period in the history of Israel, which saw both the creation of biblical literature (historical, prophetic, and poetic writings, especia… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Schatzmann, Siegfried S. (Übers.) / Gerstenberger, Erhard S. (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-90-04-17798-7
EAN: 9789004177987
Produktnummer: 12255828
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 578 S.

Über den Autor

Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Professor of Old Testament at Philipps-Universit t Marburg, received his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Bonn, where he studied under such luminaries as Martin Noth and Otto Pl ger. Since then he has authored numerous articles, essays, and books, including Der bittende Mensch: Bittritual und Klagelied des Einzelnen im Alten Testament (WMANT; 1980), Psalms: Part 1, with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (FOTL; 1988), Das 3. Buch Mose: Leviticus (ATD; 1993), Yahweh the Patriarch (1996), Psalms: Part 2, with Lamentations (FOTL; 2001), and Theologies in the Old Testament (2002).