Israel in exile : the history and literature of the sixth century B.C.E.

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Israel in exile : the history and literature of the sixth century B.C.E.

by Rainer Albertz ; translated by David Green

(Studies in biblical literature, no. 3)

Brill, 2004

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Die Exilszeit

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The period of the Babylonian Exile (597/587-520 B.C.E.) is one of the most enthralling eras of biblical history. During this time, Israel went through what was probably its deepest crisis; at the same time, however, the cornerstone was laid for its most profound renewal. The crisis provoked the creation of a wealth of literary works (laments, prophetic books, historical works, etc.) whose development is analyzed in detail by the methods of social history, composition criticism, and redaction criticism. The history of this era is hard to grasp, since the Bible has almost nothing to say of the exilic period. The author nevertheless attempts to illuminate the historical and social changes that affected the various Judean groups, drawing heavily on extrabiblical and archaeological evidence. His study also includes the treatment of the exile in later biblical material (Daniel, Tobit, Judith, apocalyptic literature). Thirty-five years after Peter Ackroyd's classic Exile and Restoration, this book summarizes extensively the results of recent scholarship on this period and builds on them with a number of its own hypotheses. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

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Foreword Preface to the English Edition Abbreviations Chronological Table Map of the Ancient Near East Introduction I. The Biblical Picture of the Exilic Era I.1. The Exile As a Historical Lacuna I.2. Conceptions of the Exile I.2.1. The Exile As a Lost Opportunity (Jeremiah 39-43) I.2.2. The Exile As the (Temporary) End of History (2 Kings) I.2.3. The Exile As a Sabbath for the Land (2 Chronicles) I.2.4. Narrative Additions I.2.4.1. The Stories of Daniel (Daniel 1-6) I.2.4.2. The Stories of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon I.2.4.3. The Story of the Three Youths (1 Esdras 3:1-5:6) I.2.4.4. Tobit I.2.4.5. Judith I.2.5. Integration of the Exile into Apocalyptic Conceptions of History II. The History of the Exilic Era II.1. The Neo-Babylonian Empire II.1.1. Sources II.1.2. The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire II.1.3. The Golden Age of Nebuchadnezzar II.1.4. Destabilization, Restoration, and End II.2. Israel in the Exilic Period II.2.1. Sources II.2.2. Principles of Historical Reconstruction II.2.2.1. Number of Deportations II.2.2.2. Dates of the Deportations II.2.2.3. Numbers Deported II.2.3. Judah in the Exilic Period II.2.4. The Egyptian Golah II.2.5. The Babylonian Golah II.3. The Thwarted Restoration II.3.1. The Persian Empire from Cyrus to Darius I II.3.2. Return and Rebuilding of the Temple II.4. Social Displacements and Their Religious Consequences III. The Literature of the Exilic Period III.1. Genres of Exilic Literature III.1.1. Communal Lament and City Lament III.1.2. Hybrid Genres III.1.3. Salvation Oracles III.1.4. Oracles against the Nations III.1.5. "Sermons" III.2. Exilic Literary Works III.2.1. The Book of the Four Prophets (Hosea, Amos, Micah, Zephaniah) III.2.1.1. Micah III.2.1.2. Zephaniah III.2.1.3. Amos III.2.1.4. Hosea III.2.2. The Book of Habakkuk III.2.3. The Exilic Patriarchal History III.2.3.1. The First Edition of the Exilic Patriarchal History III.2.3.2. The Second Edition of the Exilic Patriarchal History III.2.4. The Deuteronomistic History III.2.5. The Book of Jeremiah III.2.5.1. The Deuteronomistic Books of Jeremiah III.2.5.2. The First Deuteronomistic Book of Jeremiah III.2.5.3. The Second Deuteronomistic Book of Jeremiah III.2.5.4. The Third Deuteronomistic Book of Jeremiah III.2.6. The Book of Ezekiel III.2.7. The Book of Deutero-Isaiah III.2.7.1. The First Edition of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah: Reconstruction III.2.7.2. The First Edition of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah: Place and Date III.2.7.3. The First Edition of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah: Interpretation III.2.7.4. Appendix: Fourth Servant Song (Isa 52:13-53:12) III.2.7.5. The Second Edition of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah IV. Theological Contribution IV.1. Theological Appropriation of a Calamitous History IV.2. Theological Interpretation of History IV.3. Foiling Imperial Theology IV.4. God's Glory and Separation of Powers Primary Sources Index General Index

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