Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 17.)

PERSIA AND TORAH: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 7
James W. Watts: INTRODUCTION......Page 13
Peter Frei: PERSIAN IMPERIAL AUTHORIZATION: A SUMMARY......Page 17
1. TERMINOLOGICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS......Page 18
2. SURVEY OF THE EVIDENCE......Page 20
3. EVALUATION: THE INSTITUTION OF IMPERIAL AUTHORIZATION......Page 41
1. THE PERSIAN CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF LAW......Page 53
2. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE KING’S LAW AND PROVINCIAL LEGAL SYSTEMS......Page 57
3. THE IMPACT OF PERSIAN IMPERIAL POLICY ON JEWISH CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS LIFE......Page 63
4. EZRA’S LAW AND THE LAWS IN THE PENTATEUCH......Page 68
Lisbeth S. Fried: “YOU SHALL APPOINT JUDGES”: EZRA’S MISSION AND THE RESCRIPT OF ARTAXERXES......Page 75
1. JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES......Page 77
2. THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN ANTIQUITY......Page 79
3. THE ROLE OF LAW CODES......Page 84
4. MOSAIC LAWS IN YEHUD......Page 96
1. “THE BOOK OF THE LAW” IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITION......Page 103
2. LAW UNDER THE PERSIAN EMPIRE......Page 112
3. CONCLUSIONS......Page 122
Gary N. Knoppers: AN ACHAEMENID IMPERIAL AUTHORIZATION OF TORAH IN YEHUD?......Page 127
I. DID YHWH’S LAW BECOME THE KING’S LAW?......Page 131
2. THE LAW OF THE KING AND THE LAW OF GOD IN CHRONICLES......Page 135
3. LOCAL AUTONOMY, SATRAPAL GOVERNANCE, AND CENTRAL CONTROL......Page 141
1. THE LIST OF EGYPTIAN LAWGIVERS IN DIODORUS BOOK 1......Page 147
2. EGYPTIAN LAW (hp)......Page 150
3. THE CONTRIBUTION OF DYNASTIES TWENTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-SIX......Page 162
4. THE PERICOPE IN THE DEMOTIC CHRONICLE......Page 166
ADDENDUM......Page 170
1. THE THEORY......Page 173
2. THE FORMATION OF THE PENTATEUCH AND IMPERIAL AUTHORIZATION......Page 174
3. SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE THEORY......Page 176
4. THE PENTATEUCH AND THE ARCHIVES OF THE SECOND TEMPLE COMMUNITY......Page 182
EXCURSUS: PERSIAN IMPERIAL AUTHORIZATION AND THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXEGESIS......Page 191
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 195
INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES......Page 227
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 235