Exile : Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian conceptions /

The exiles of Israel and Judah cast a long shadow over the biblical text and the whole subsequent history of Judaism. Scholars have long recognized the importance of the theme of exile for the Hebrew Bible. Indeed, critical study of the Old Testament has, at least since Wellhausen, been dominated... Full description

Main Author:	Scott, James M.
Other Authors:	Chilton, Bruce D., Feldman, Louis H.
Published:	Leiden, Boston : Brill, 1997
Series:	Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
Subjects:	JEWS - HISTORY - BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY. JEWISH DIASPORA - HISTORY.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Table of Contents:

Babylonian and Persian Periods. Reassessing the Historical and Sociological Impact of the Babylonian Exile (597/587-539 BCE) / Daniel Smith-Christopher. The Exile and Canon Formation / James A. Sanders. Deportation and Diasporic Discourses in the Prophetic Literature / Robert P. Carroll
Greco-Roman Period. Exile in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature / James C. VanderKam. Exile and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Martin G. Abegg. Exile and Return in Jubilees / Betsy Halpern-Amaru. The Concept of Exile in Josephus / Louis H. Feldman. Exile and the Self-Understanding of Diaspora Jews in the Greco-Roman Period / James M. Scott
Formative Judaism. Exile and Return as the History of Judaism / Jacob Neusner. Salvific Exile in the Isaiah Targum / Bruce D. Chilton. The Idea of Exile in Early Rabbinic Midrash / Gary G. Porton. Notions of Exile, Subjugation and Return in Rabbinic Literature / Chaim Milikowsky
Early Christianity. Aspects of Exile and Restoration in the Proclamation of Jesus and the Gospels / Craig A. Evans. Paul and the Exile of Israel in Galatians 3-4 / Scott J. Hafemann.

Exile : Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian conceptions /

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