A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 2 The Coming of the Greeks: The Early Hellenistic Period (335-175 BCE)

by Grabbe, Lester L.

• ISBN13: 9780567033963
• ISBN10: 0567033961
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-25
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

This is the second volume of the projected four-volume history of the Second Temple period. It is axiomatic that there are large gaps in the history of the Persian period, but the early Greek period is possibly even less known. This volume brings togeth

Table of Contents

ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction1.  Introduction: Principles and Method           1.1 Aims           1.2 The Basis for the Chronology of the Early Hellenistic Period           1.3 Diaspora           1.4 The Relevance of Postcolonial Theory           1.5 History Writing in the Ancient World                        1.5.1 The Question of Definitions                        1.5.2 Greek Historical Writings                        1.5.3 Did the Graeco-Roman Historians Aim for Historical Accuracy?                        1.5.4 Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews                        1.5.5 Conclusions           1.6 Writing a History of the Early Greek Period: Principles Assumed in this Book            1.7 Terminology and Other Technical MattersPart II: Sources 2.  Archaeolog           2.1 Individual Site                        2.1.1 Tel Dan                        2.1.2 Tel Anafa                        2.1.3 Ptolemais/Akko (Tell Fukhar)                        2.1.4 Shiqmona                        2.1.5 Philoteria (Beth Yera?, Khirbet el-Kerak)                        2.1.6 Beth-Shean/Scythopolis                        2.1.7 Tel Dor                        2.1.8 Tel Mevorakh                        2.1.9 Tel Dothan                        2.1.10 Samaria                        2.1.11 Shechem (Tell Balâtah)                        2.1.12 Apollonia (Arsuf; Tell Arshaf)                        2.1.13 Tel Michal (Makmish)                        2.1.14 Jaffa (Joppo)                        2.1.15 Gezer (Tell Jezer)                        2.1.16 Bethel                        2.1.17 Tell es-Sultan (Jericho)                        2.1.18 Jerusalem and Vicinity                        2.1.19 Qalandiyeh                        2.1.20 Ashdod (Azotus)                        2.1.21 Ashkelon (Ascalon)                        2.1.22 Tell el-?esi                        2.1.23 Beth-Zur                        2.1.24 En-gedi (Tel Goren, Tell el-Jurn)                        2.1.25 Tel Maresha (Tell e?-?anda?anna)                        2.1.26 Lachish                        2.1.27 Tell Jemmeh                        2.1.28 Arad                        2.1.29 Beersheba (Tel Sheva (Tell es-Saba‘)                        2.1.30 ‘Iraq al-Amir                        2.1.31 Rabbath-Ammon (Philadelphia)                        2.1.32 Gadara (Umm Qeis)                        2.1.33 Pella (?abaqa? Fa?l)            2.2 Surveys and Synthesis                        2.2.1 Introductory Comments                        2.2.2 The Galilee, Samaria, Idumaea, and Transjordan                    &nbs

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