Description: The question of why the cooperation of Jews with the Persian and Ptolemaic empires achieved some success and why it failed with regard to the Seleucids and the Romans, even turning into military hostility against them, has not been sufficiently answered. The present volume intends to show, from the perspectives of Hebrew Bible, Judai
Review Quotes: "[This volume] joins a lively and growing scholarly discussion that invites us to consider more deeply and seriously the role that power played in Israelite and Jewish life in antiquity." -- Michael L. Satlow, Review of Biblical Literature, 02/2014