Hasmonean Realities behind Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles

by Israel Finkelstein

Book Overview

This collection of essays deals with key topics in Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles, such as the list of returnees, the construction of the city wall of Jerusalem, the adversaries of Nehemiah, the tribal genealogies, and the territorial expansion of Judah in 2 Chronicles. Finkelstein argues that the geographical and historical realities cached behind at least parts of these books fit the Hasmonean period in the late second century BCE. Seven...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884143082
• ISBN13: 9780884143086
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: SBL Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"