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Review of Geller, Markham J. and Mineke Schipper (eds.), Imagining Creation (IJS Studies in Judaica, 5; Leiden: Brill, 2008).
No full textReview of Eidevall, Göran, Prophecy and Propaganda: Images of Enemies in the Book of Isaiah (Coniectanea Biblica: Old Testament Series, 56; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009).
No full textReview of Branch, Robin Gallaher, Jeroboam’s Wife: The Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Least-Known Women (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2009).
No full textReview of Borgeaud, Philippe, Thomas Römer &Youri Volokhine (eds.), , Interprétations de Moïse: Egypte, Judée, Grèce et Rome (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture, 10; Leiden: Brill, 2010).
No full textReview of Everson, A. Joseph and Hyun Chul Paul Kim (eds.), The Desert Will Bloom: Poetic Visions in Isaiah (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009).
No full textReview of van Wolde, Ellen, Reframing Biblical Studies: When Language and Text Meet Culture, Cognition, and Context (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009).
No full textPersian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations
Get PDFThe Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods are unique in the history of Judah. They represent a kind of "interlude" between two periods of greatness and political independence. This article discusses the archaeological finds from Jerusalem in the Persian and Early Hellenistic periods. It includes an assessment of the scope of the built-up area of the city, and an estimate of the city\u27s population, on the basis of the archaeological data. This article\u27s emphasis on the importance of the Ophel hill as the main built-up area in the Persian and Early Hellenistic period is unique in present archaeological and historical research of ancient Jerusalem
