Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Angaben zur Quelle:
46,2 (2021) 147-160
Keywords:
Bible. Comparative studies
;
Bible. Comparative studies
;
Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Bible
;
Ritual in the Bible
Abstract:
The article examines three Judean rituals described in Ezra-Nehemiah—the erection of the altar, the public reading of the Torah, and the inauguration of the Jerusalem wall—in the Neo-Babylonian–Persian context. It suggests that the Babylonian rituals observed throughout the Long Sixth Century shed light on, and constitute a relevant cultural context for consideration of these celebrations as described in Ezra-Nehemiah, which took place in Judah in the seventh month.
DOI:
10.1177/03090892211032266
URL:
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