A "Religious Revolution" in Yehûd?

The Material Culture of the Persian Period as a Test Case
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-525-54392-4
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 267, 447 Seiten, with 5 maps and 281 figures, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 841 g

Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis

In reference to Ephraim Stern’s 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 refer to a workshop on “Jewish ‘Material’ Otherness? Ethnic, Religious and Cultural Boundaries in Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Times in the Southern Levant”, held at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) in 2010.Following an introductory overview on the material culture of the late Iron Age to the early Hellenistic period, they review the most relevant object genres in the light of new finds and current research: administrative stamp-seals, figurines, incense burners, coins, seals, bullae and Greek pottery.Special attention is devoted to regional developments in order to highlight commonalities and differences in the material culture between Yehûd and Samaria, and between Yehûd and the other neighbouring provinces.The authors demonstrate continuities and discontinuities in material culture, which mirror political, economic and historical developments.If the “religious revolution” thesis cannot be substantiated, they make an important contribution to the history of religion of Persian Period Palestine/Israel with its nuanced discussion of Stern’s thesis and the new synopsis it offers of the material, and especially pictorial, culture of the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frevel, Christian

Pyschny, Katharina

Cornelius, Izak

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Kultur

Leseproben

In reference to Ephraim Stern’s 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 light of new finds and current research and demonstrate continuities and discontinuities in material culture, which mirror political, economic and historical developments.
If the “religious revolution” thesis cannot be substantiated, they make an important contribution to the history of religion of Persian Period Palestine/Israel.>

Über Autor(innen)

Cornelius, Izak
Izak Cornelius, BTh, Lizentiat der Theologie, DLitt (Semitische Sprachen), ist Professor für Altorientalistik an der Universität Stellenbosch in Südafrika.

Frevel, Christian
Christian Frevel ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Pyschny, Katharina
Katharina Pyschny is a research and teaching assistant in Old Testament Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Izak (Sakkie) Cornelius is Professor of Ancient Studie and Lecturer at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Christian Frevel ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Katharina Pyschny is a research and teaching assistant in Old Testament Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.