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Part I. Remembering ancestors and founders. The memory of Abraham in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Remembering Jacob in the late Persian early Hellenistic era / Raik Heckl -- Moses, the royal lawgiver / Thomas C. Römer -- Exploring the memory of Aaron in late Persian/early Hellenistic period Yehud / Philippe Guillaume -- Remembering Joshua / E. Axel Knauf -- |
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Part II. Remembering kings (Israelite and foreigners). Saul, hero and villain / Philip R. Davies -- David in Israelite social memory / Diana V. Edelman -- Solomon as cultural memory / Niels Peter Lemche -- Between realpolitiker and hero of faith: memories of Hezekiah in biblical traditions and beyond / Bob Becking -- The memory of Sennacherib in late Persian Yehud / Russell Hobson -- Rehabilitating Manasseh: remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic periods / Lowell K. Handy -- Remembering Josiah / Joseph Blenkinsopp -- Nebuchadnezzar: history, memory, and myth-making in the Persian period / Jonathan Stökl -- New you see him, now you don't: Nabonidus in Jewish memory / Carol A. Newsom -- Remembering Cyrus the Persian: exploring monarchy and freedom in classical Greece / Lynette Mitchell -- |
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Part III. Remembering female characters. Tamar, from victim to mother of a dynasty / Yairah Amit -- Ruth: the art of memorizing past enemies, ambiguously / Athalya Brenner -- Why remember Jezebel? / Carey Walsh -- |
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Part IV. Remembering prophets. Exploring the memory of Moses 'the prophet' in late Persian/early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Isaiah, a memorable prophet: why was Isaiah so memorable in the late Persian/early Hellenistic periods? : some observations / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian period / Mark Leuchter -- The memory of Ezekiel in postmonarchic Yehud / Christophe Nihan -- |
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Part V. Additional and complementary methodological considerations. Reflections on a cognitive theory of culture and a theory of formalized language for late biblical studies / David H. Aaron. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012277946 |
| ISBN | 9780199664160 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0199664161 (hbk.) |
