'Religious Revolution' in Yehud?: The Material Culture of the Persian Period as a Test Case

Contributor(s): Cornelius, Izak (Editor), Frevel, Christian (Editor), Katharina, Pyschny (Editor)

ISBN: 9783727817533

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Hardcover

$128.00

Pub Date: December 31, 2014

Dewey: 933

LCCN: 2014477138

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 447 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | History | Ancient | General

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: In reference to Ephraim Sterns hypothesis that Judah witnessed a religious revolution during the transition between the (Neo)Babylonian and the Persian period, resulting in an imageless monotheism, the contributors discuss the material culture of Persian Period Palestine/Israel. They review the most relevant object genres in the ligh