A history of the Jewish people
Subtitle: during the Babylonian, Persian, and Greek periods
By: by Charles Foster Kent
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: The Historical series for Bible students -- v.3
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1901
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Jews; History
Notes: Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [360]-361.

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Table of contents: title: Babylonian period of Jewish history: The historical sources and literature of the period; title: The dispersion of the Jews; title: The character and condition of the Jews in Palestine and Egypt; title: The Jewish exiles in Babylon; title: Personality and work of the priest-prophet Ezekiel; title: The literary activity of the exile; title: The closing years of the Babylonian rule; title: The message of the great prophet of the exile; title: The political and religious significance of the Babylonian Exile; title: The Persian period of Jewish history; title: The historical sources and literature of the period; title: The conquest of Babylon and the policy of Cyrus; title: The revival of the Jewish community in Palestine; title: The rebuilding of the Temple and the sermons of Haggai; title: The hopes and discouragements of the Temple-builders; title: The seventy years of silence following the building of the Temple; title: The rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah; title: Preliminary reform measures; title: The date and character of Ezra's expedition; title: The institution of the priestly law; title: The Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim; title: The last century of Persian rule; title: The origin and organization of pre-Hellenistic Judaism; title: The inner life and faith of Judaism; title: The Greek period of Jewish history; title: The historical sources and literature of the period; title: The conquests of Alexander and the rule of the Ptolemies and Seleucids; title: Jewish life in Egypt and Palestine; title: Different currents of Jewish thought; title: The supreme crisis of Judaism; title: The great victory of Judaism.