Judah and Samaria in Postmonarchic Times (eBook)

Cover 1
Titel 4
Preface???????????????????????????? 6
Table of Contents 8
Acknowledgements?????????????????????????????????????????????? 10
List of Abbreviations???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 12
Introduction?????????????????????????????????????? 14
Part One: Oppositions and Alliances???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 26
Chapter One: Archenemies? Samarians and Judeans in the Early Persian Period???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 28
Chapter Two: “Should You Help the Wicked and Love Those who Hate Yhwh?” Alliances, Foreign Subjugation, and Empire in Chronicles?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 50
Chapter Three: Archaizing Tendencies in Samaria’s Religious Culture during Hellenistic Times?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
Chapter Four: Samaritan Conceptions of Jewish Origins and Jewish Conceptions of Samaritan Origins: Any Common Ground????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 104
Part Two: Temple Matters?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 140
Chapter Five: The Temple at Mt. Gerizim in the Persian Period: Precedents, Problems, and Paradoxes?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 142
Chapter Six: Were the Jerusalem and Mt. Gerizim Temples the Economic Epicenters of Their Provinces? Assessing the Textual, Archaeological, and Epigraphic Evidence?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 166
Chapter Seven: The Samaritan Schism or the Judaization of Samaria? Reassessing Josephus’ Account of the Mt. Gerizim Temple?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 190
Part Three: Altered Altars?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 206
Chapter Eight: Altared States: Rewriting the Constitution in Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicae?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 208
Chapter Nine: Altared History: Israel’s Four Altars in Josephus’ Reworking of the Joshua Story?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 236
Chapter Ten: The Altered Altar: Sacred Geography in Pseudo-Philo’s Biblical Antiquities???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 260
Chapter Eleven: The Samaritan Tenth Commandment: Origins, Content, and Context?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 288
Index of Sources?????????????????????????????????????????????? 314
Index of Modern Authors???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 334
Index of Subjects???????????????????????????????????????????????? 340