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Judaism: The First Phase

The Place of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Origins of Judaism

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

  • Paperback
  • 262 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

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Most studies of how early Judaism related to the non-Jewish world and how it was perceived by others start no earlier than the Hellenistic period. Joseph Blenkinsopp argues that we must go further back, to the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and its temple and the liquidation of the political and religious infrastructure monarchy, priesthood, scribalism, prophecy which had sustained the Judean state for centuries. / Moving beyond the ideologically driven approaches of scholars over the past two centuries, he explores such pragmatic issues as the emergence of a distinctive group identity in the aftermath of the fall of the Judean state, the degree of continuity-discontinuity between national identity before the exile and competition among distinct group for legitimacy after it, and the historical realities behind the idea of a restoration in a fundamentally different world, with neither monarchy nor statehood and a much-diminished temple. / Judaism, the First Phase is a fresh and potentially stunning look at Jewish origins, tracing the legacy of Ezra and Nehemiah. Ideal for scholars and students."
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  • Author

    Joseph Blenkinsopp

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    August 2009

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    262

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802864505

  • ISBN-10

    0802864503

  • Eden Code

    2641902

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