The origins of the 'Second' Temple

Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954-

The origins of the 'Second' Temple Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem / [electronic resource] : Diana Edelman. - 1st ed. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2005. - xvi, 440 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - BibleWorld. . - Bible world (London, England) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-405) and index.

When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah -- What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah -- It's all in the sources : the historicity of the account of temple-rebuilding in Ezra 1-6 -- Setting the bounds : the territory comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the mid-5th century BCE -- Excavating the past : settlement patterns and military installations in Persian-era Yehud -- Piety or pragmatism? : the policy of Artaxerxes I for the development of Yehud.


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Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, -425 B.C. or 424 B.C. --Relations with Jews.


Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--History.


Bible.--Ezra, I-VI--History of Biblical events.
Bible.--Nehemiah--Chronology.
Bible.--Haggai--Chronology.
Bible.--Zechariah--Chronology.


Jerusalem--History--To 1500.
Yehud (Persian province)

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