| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 409 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 409.
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| Contents |
Part I. Priestly or Levitical authorship? ; Ezra-Nehemiah as an independent single work -- Priestly or Levitical authorship? -- Part II. Literary context ; Levites in Old Testament texts since the exile -- Levites in Ezra-Nehemiah -- Part III. Historical context ; Two clues -- Levitical authorship |
| Summary |
The study of Ezra-Nehemiah has been revolutionized in recent years by a growing rejection of the long-established belief that it was composed as part of the Chronicler's work. That shift in scholarly paradigms has re-opened many questions of origin and purpose, and this thesis attempts to establish an answer to the most important of these: the question of authorship. Here, Kyungjin Min argues that Ezra-Nehemiah most likely originated in a Levitical group that received Persian backing during the late-fifth century BCE and that valued the ideologies of decentralization of power, unity and cooper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-169)-and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Ezra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Nehemiah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Ezra. fast (OCoLC)fst01892904 |
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Bible. Nehemiah. fast (OCoLC)fst01892932 |
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Bibel Esra gnd |
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Bibel Nehemia gnd |
| Subject |
Levites.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Textgeschichte
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Ezra (bijbelboek)
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Nehemia (bijbelboek)
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Levites.
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Auteurschap.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567632722 |
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0567632725 |
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1281802719 |
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9781281802712 |
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9786611802714 |
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6611802711 |
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