Mark A. Leuchter

An Empire Far and Wide (eBook, PDF)

The Achaemenid Dynastic Myth and Jewish Scribes in the Late Persian Period

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The uncertain position of the Persian Period in Jewish memory is nothing new -- in fact, it can be traced back to nearly two thousand years. Yet it can lead contemporary scholars to exercise too much caution when dating, analyzing, and discussing ancient scribal texts. Utilizing recent tools to examine scribal methods, Mark Leuchter takes a definitive approach. An Empire Far and Wide focuses on a careful selection of literary test cases to better understand how Jewish scribes in Persian Yehud interacted with a feature of Persian imperialism that has not received adequate attention: the dynastic mythology of the Achaemenid rulers and the way it shaped emerging Jewish identity in the Persian period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197772751
• Artikelnr.: 72288537

Autorenporträt

Mark A. Leuchter is Professor of Religion and Director of Jewish Studies at Temple University. He is the author of The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity (2017), and Samuel and the Shaping of Tradition (2013).