The origins of the 'Second' Temple
Subtitle: Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem
By: Diana Edelman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: BibleWorld; Bible world (London, England)
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, d. 425 or 4 B.C. -- Relations with Jews.; Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- History.; Bible. O.T. Ezra I-VI -- History of Biblical events.; Bible. O.T. Nehemiah -- Chronology.; Bible. O.T. Haggai -- Chronology.; Bible. O.T. Zechariah -- Chronology.; Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500.; Yehud (Persian province)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah; title: What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah; title: It's all in the sources : the historicity of the account of temple-rebuilding in Ezra 1-6; title: Setting the bounds : the territory comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the mid-5th century BCE; title: Excavating the past : settlement patterns and military installations in Persian-era Yehud; title: Piety or pragmatism? : the policy of Artaxerxes I for the development of Yehud.