Studies in Persian Period History and HistoriographyMohr Siebeck, 2004 - 326 pages For at least 15 years, and with several significant works, Hugh Williamson contributed to the movement to recapture the importance of the biblical books of Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah. Behind his widely acclaimed commentaries on these books lay many detailed historical and exegetical studies, published in a variety of journals, Festschriften and other works. The most important of these are here collected together for the first time, providing the scholar of the post-exilic period with a valuable resource in furthering research on this formative period in early Jewish history. |
Contents
Judah and the Jews | 25 |
The Governors of Judah under the Persians | 46 |
Nehemiahs Walls Revisited | 64 |
The Historical Value of Josephus Jewish Antiquities xi 297301 | 74 |
Introduction to M Noth The Chroniclers History | 93 |
Sources and Redaction in the Chroniclers Genealogy of Judah | 106 |
The Setting and Purpose | 115 |
Eschatology in Chronicles 162 | 138 |
PostExilic Historiography | 199 |
Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of the Texts from Persepolis | 212 |
The Historical Books | 232 |
The Composition of Ezra 16 | 244 |
The Belief System of the Book of Nehemiah | 271 |
Structure and Historiography in Nehemiah 9 | 282 |
The Problem with First Esdras | 294 |
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The Accession of Solomon in the Books of Chronicles | 141 |
The Temple in the Books of Chronicles | 150 |
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