The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem

Publication Data

• Title The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem
• Author Diana Vikander Edelman
• Publisher Equinox
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah
What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah
It's all in the sources : the historicity of the account of temple-rebuilding in Ezra 1-6
Setting the bounds : the territory comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the mid-5th century BCE
Excavating the past : settlement patterns and military installations in Persian-era Yehud
Piety or pragmatism? : the policy of Artaxerxes I for the development of Yehud.

Topics

• Artaxerxes I, King of Persia, -425 B.C. or 424 B.C. :: Relations with Jews
• Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) :: History
• Jerusalem :: History :: To 1500
• Jerusalem
• Yehud (Persian province)

The origins of the 'Second' Temple : Persian imperial policy and the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Diana Vikander Edelman. ISBN 1845530179. Published by Equinox in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.