A Time of Change - (Library of Second Temple Studies) by Yigal Levin & Lester L Grabbe (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This volume includes ten new studies, most of which were originally presented at the 14th World Congress of Jewish Studies, held in Jerusalem in 2005.

The studies all deal with the changes that occurred in the Land of Israel during the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, from the 6th through the 4th centuries BCE.

For convenience, the studies are divided into three categories: archaeological, epigraphic and historical, though many of them are actually more interdisciplinary. Most of them deal with either the province of Judah, Idumea or the interaction between the two, although a couple of them examine other parts of the country as well. A major focus of several of the papers is different aspects of the newly published "Makkedah ostraca" and their meaning.

Review Quotes

."..most of the contributions include interesting and important material." 32.5 (2008)--Sanford Lakoff "Journal for The Study of the Old Testament "

"This attractive and valuable collection will serve a variety of interdisciplinary interests...and in doing so illuminate perceptions of the complexity of postexilic Jewish identity." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2009--Sanford Lakoff "Journal for The Study of the Old Testament "

"This volume, edited by Yigal Levin, is an interesting collection of studies of the development of Judaism in the post-exilic period." February 2010--Sanford Lakoff

Mention - New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 52 No. 3, 2008

About the Author

Dr Yigal Levin lectures on the history, archaeology and historical geography at the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, at Bar-Ilan University and at several other Israeli institutions. He has published several studies on the history of the Land of Israel during the Persian Period and on the Book of Chronicles, especially its genealogies.