TY - BOOK
T1 - Times of Transition
T2 - Judea in the Early Hellenistic Period
A2 - Honigman, Sylvie
A2 - Nihan, Christophe
A2 - Lipschits, Oded
N1 - "The present volume includes a collection of essays, most of which were initially presented at an international conference titled 'Judea in the Long Third Century BCE: The Transition between the Persian and Hellenistic Periods,' held at the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, from May 31 to June 3, 2014"--Preface.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This multidisciplinary study takes a fresh look at Judean history and biblical literature in the late fourth and third centuries BCE. In a major reappraisal of this era, the contributions to this volume depict it as one in which critical changes took place.Until recently, the period from Alexander's conquest in 332 BCE to the early years of Seleucid domination following Antiochus III's conquest in 198 BCE was reputed to be poorly documented in material evidence and textual production, buttressing the view that the era from late Persian to Hasmonean times was one of seamless continuity. Biblical scholars believed that no literary activity belonged to the Hellenistic age, and archaeologists were unable to refine their understanding because of a lack of secure chronological markers. However, recent studies are revealing this period as one of major social changes and intense literary activity. Historians have shed new light on the nature of the Hellenistic empires and the relationship between the central power and local entities in ancient imperial settings, and the redating of several biblical texts to the third century BCE challenges the traditional periodization of Judean history.Bringing together Hellenistic history, the archaeology of Judea, and biblical studies, this volume appraises the early Hellenistic period anew as a time of great transition and change and situates Judea within its broader regional and transregional imperial contexts.
AB - This multidisciplinary study takes a fresh look at Judean history and biblical literature in the late fourth and third centuries BCE. In a major reappraisal of this era, the contributions to this volume depict it as one in which critical changes took place.Until recently, the period from Alexander's conquest in 332 BCE to the early years of Seleucid domination following Antiochus III's conquest in 198 BCE was reputed to be poorly documented in material evidence and textual production, buttressing the view that the era from late Persian to Hasmonean times was one of seamless continuity. Biblical scholars believed that no literary activity belonged to the Hellenistic age, and archaeologists were unable to refine their understanding because of a lack of secure chronological markers. However, recent studies are revealing this period as one of major social changes and intense literary activity. Historians have shed new light on the nature of the Hellenistic empires and the relationship between the central power and local entities in ancient imperial settings, and the redating of several biblical texts to the third century BCE challenges the traditional periodization of Judean history.Bringing together Hellenistic history, the archaeology of Judea, and biblical studies, this volume appraises the early Hellenistic period anew as a time of great transition and change and situates Judea within its broader regional and transregional imperial contexts.
KW - Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Congresses
KW - Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Judea (Region)
KW - Hellenism -- Congresses
KW - Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D. -- Congresses
KW - Judea (Region) (Israel) -- Antiquities -- Congresses
KW - Judea (Region) (Israel) -- History -- Congresses
KW - הלניזם -- כנסים
KW - חפירות (ארכיאולוגיה) -- ישראל -- יהודה (אזור)
KW - יהודה (אזור) (ישראל)
KW - יהודים -- היסטוריה -- משנת 586 לפני הספירה עד 70 לספירה -- כנסים
KW - תנ"ך
KW - الكتاب المقدس
KW - يهودا (منطقة) (إسرائيل)
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646021451
DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781646021451
M3 - كتاب
SN - 1646021142
SN - 9781646021147
SN - 9789652660633
T3 - Mosaics: Studies on Ancient Israel
BT - Times of Transition
PB - Penn State University Press
CY - University Park, Pennsylvania
ER -