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Journal of Biblical Literature, Oct 1, 2006
The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusal... more The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem, by Diana Edelman. BibleWorld. London: Equinox, 2005. Pp. xvi + 440. $29.95 (paper). ISBN 1845530179. This book by Diana Edelman, senior lecturer in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, contests a scholarly consensus up to the 1990s that Ezra 1-6, Haggai, and Zechariah can be relied upon for information about the "origins" of the Second Temple. These biblical texts presuppose 515 B.C.E. as the date when the exiles returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt its temple and 445 B.C.E. as the date when Jerusalem became fortified (7-8). According to Edelman's challenging hypothesis, historical priority should instead be accorded to the claim in the book of Nehemiah "that the resettlement of Jerusalem only took place during the governorship of Nehemiah, which began in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, 444 BCE." Concomitantly, Edelman holds that the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem's fortification took place at the same time (8). After a concise introduction (1-12), Edelman elaborates her hypothesis, discussing the literary evidence of Nehemiah, Haggai-Zechariah 8, and Ezra 1-6 in, respectively, chs. 1 (13-79), 2 (80-150), and 3 (151-208). She then turns more specifically to the archaeological evidence about Yehud's boundaries and its settlement patterns in chs. 4 (209-80) and 5 (281-331). A final, sixth chapter (332-51) synthesizes insights drawn from the previous chapters. Chapter 1, "When Generations Really Count: Dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah Using Genealogical Information in the Book of Nehemiah," does a meticulous job of historical identification of generations on the basis of a list of priests and Levites in Neh 12:1-26. The combined reference to Persian military (2:9) and Jewish civil (7:2) appointments in Jerusalem constitutes important evidence for Edelman's hypothesis (26-27). Edelman concludes from the genealogical information and the chronological information in Elephantine papyrus AP 30 that Nehemiah belonged to generation 3, while the return from exile under Zerubbabel and Yeshua (generation 2) should be dated around 465 B.C.E. (75). A critical point should be made with regard to Neh 7:6-72. While this genealogical list of returned exiles appears to be less relevant for the discussion (36, 37, 39, 74, 77), Edelman does not give due emphasis to the fact that Neh 7:6-72 and Ezra 2 present parallel versions. The differences-which can be discerned between Ezra 2:2 and Neh 7:7; Ezra 2:10 and Neh 7:15; Ezra 2:17-20 and Neh 7:22-25; Ezra 2:30 having no equivalent in Neh 7:6-73; and Ezra 2:50 and Neh 7:52-need to be accounted for in a discussion about generations starting with the return from exile. This is not to deny the otherwise richly documented character of Edelman's discussion, which pays detailed attention to the ways in which historical information may be derived from both literary and documentary sources, including papyri, inscriptions, coins, and bullae. Chapter 2, "What's in a Date? The Unreliable Nature of the Dates in Haggai and Zechariah," analyzes Haggai-Zechariah 8, deferring discussion of Ezra 1-6 to ch. 3 in view of the literary dependence of the latter on the former. Edelman puts the divergent references to the date of the temple-building in the books of Haggai (Hag 1:1, 15; 2:1, 10, 20) and Zechariah (Zech 1:1, 7; 7:1) in perspective. The dating formulae are first compared to Judean, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic contexts (82-90). Examples of Persian dating practices include the Behistun inscription, whose English translation is presented in appendix 1 (353-61). Edelman explains the various dates in Haggai and Zechariah in view of prophetic genre conventions (90-106), observing that they deliberately fit "Jeremiah's prophecies in 25.11-12; 27.6-7" (106) and 29:10 (95) about the seventy-year wrath of God against the people of Israel and the land. …
Tijdschrift voor Theologie, 2009
Journal for The Study of Judaism, 2001
Review of biblical literature, 2012
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Journal for The Study of Judaism, 2004
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The Letter to the Galatians is a polemical correspondence about the course of gospel mission that... more The Letter to the Galatians is a polemical correspondence about the course of gospel mission that is at stake in the view of the apostle Paul. When Paul represents his own contacts with the Jerusalem church, he defends “our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus” (Gal 2:4). In his aim to focus on the unity of all in Christ, Paul even goes at lengths to state that there is no difference between slave and free (Gal 3:28), while polemically associating both a former state of unbelievers (Gal 4:8) and the emphasis by missionary opponents on circumcision and the covenant of the law (Gal 4:12–31) with bondage and slavery. Yet, what did freedom (ἐλευθερία, Gal 2:4) and its opposite, slavery (δουλεία, Gal 4:24, 5:1), exactly mean in the ancient world in which Paul and his readers lived and communicated? Jews, Greeks, and Romans did not necessarily mean the same by these terms, nor did freedom necessarily mean exactly the same as modern conceptions of the term. This paper aims to contextualiz...
Peeters Publishers eBooks, Oct 18, 2022
Open Theology, 2022
The Qumran Apocryphon of Jeremiah C (4QApocrJer C ad ; 4Q390) provides reflections on the trauma ... more The Qumran Apocryphon of Jeremiah C (4QApocrJer C ad ; 4Q390) provides reflections on the trauma of devastation, dislocation, and captivity at the time of the Babylonian exile as narrated in the book of Jeremiah. Yet, just as the Damascus Document (CD/4QD), its apocalyptic review of periods goes well beyond the biblical era. This article analyses the narrative discourses of the Apocryphon in comparison with the Damascus Document with the aid of modern theory about cultural trauma, cultural analysis of remembering and forgetting, and recent insights about theodical discourse in the Hebrew Bible. It analyses the recurrent trope of "God hiding his face" in Qumran Jeremianic traditions against broader biblical and early Jewish backgrounds. The article investigates the understanding of reciprocity in human-divine relations and explores how theodicy relates to forgetful remembrance of covenantal relationships. It contends that the Qumran Jeremianic traditions deal with cultural trauma in terms of lament, admonition, theodical discourse, and divisive memory against the historical background of the late Second Temple period, in particular the era of the Maccabean crisis.
Peeters Publishers eBooks, Sep 13, 2022
Filología neotestamentaria, 2021
Journal for The Study of Judaism, 2002
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009
Expectations of the End, 2009
Comparative study of apocalypticism in Qumran literature and the New Testament has to take as sta... more Comparative study of apocalypticism in Qumran literature and the New Testament has to take as starting point an idea of features that are common to early Jewish apocalypticism. Comparative study of apocalypticism in emerging Christianity and contemporary Palestinian Judaism can benefit from the expanded textual basis of Qumran evidence and methodological reconsideration of apocalypticism in relation to wisdom and to eschatology. 1 Enoch comprises various features, such as heavenly revelation, focus on final judgement, historical survey of generations, and otherworldly journey, which contributed to the growth of early Jewish apocalyptic tradition. The introduction of periodization in terms of time calculation up to an expected final turning point in history has been identified in the Book of Daniel. This chapter explores the apocalyptic-eschatological dimension to the baptism of John and its relation to Jesus ministry as it is represented in the Gospels.Keywords: 1 Enoch; apocalypticism; baptism; Book of Daniel; Gospels; New Testament; Palestinian Judaism; periodization; Qumran
Expectations of the End, 2009
In order to integrate the understanding of Qumran eschatology into our picture of late Second Tem... more In order to integrate the understanding of Qumran eschatology into our picture of late Second Temple Judaism, this chapter subsequently discusses literary-historical and reception-historical connections of eschatology with Scripture, eschatology in non-sectarian and pre-sectarian Qumran texts, eschatology in sectarian Qumran texts, and comparative texts and traditions, before turning to evaluation and conclusions. It discusses aspects of transmission and reception of the biblical text that may be relevant for the subject of eschatology. Some non-sectarian texts which overlap with previously known Jewish pseudepigrapha, like Jubilees and 1 Enoch, are discussed here as pre-Qumran texts. The survey of eschatology in sectarian Qumran texts begins with Miqsat Ma'ase ha-Torah (4QMMT), because this text has an important place at the earliest stages of the history of the Qumran community.Keywords: late second temple Judaism; Miqsat Ma'ase ha-Torah (4QMMT); Qumran eschatology
Expectations of the End, 2009
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The contributions to this volume explore the question of what spiritual transformation means for Early Christianity and beyond, with articles ranging from Old Testament wisdom literature to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Graeco-Roman philosophy, the gospels, epistles, and Johannine literature of the New Testament and other Early Christian literature. The contributions provide reflections on the involvement of the self and agency in spiritual transformation and concern diverse anthropological dimensions of mind, emotions, body, and embodiment related to this phenomenon of metamorphosis. The impact of spiritual transformation may relate to a renewal of the mind, to a therapeutics of emotions, and to material dimensions of bodily posture and physiological metaphors expressing spiritual identity.