Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Alstola, Tero, author.
Title: Judeans in Babylonia : a study of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE / Tero Alstola.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566–2055 ; volume 109 | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “In Judeans in Babylonia, Tero Alstola presents a comprehensive investigation of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. By using cuneiform documents as his sources, he offers the first book-length social historical study of the Babylonian Exile, commonly regarded as a pivotal period in the development of Judaism. The results are considered in the light of the wider Babylonian society and contrasted against a comparison group of Neirabian deportees. Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019044633 (print) | LCCN 2019044634 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004365414 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004365421 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598–515 B.C. | Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D. | Jews--Social conditions. | Jews--Economic conditions.
Classification: LCC DS121.65 .A75 2020 (print) | LCC DS121.65 (ebook) | DDC 935/.004924009014--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044633
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044634
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ISSN 1566-2055
ISBN 978-90-04-36541-4 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-36542-1 (e-book)
Copyright 2020 by Tero Alstola. Published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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