The Judean community at Elephantine has long fascinated historians of the Persian period. This book, with its stellar assemblage of important scholarly voices,

The Judean community at Elephantine has long fascinated historians of the Persian period. This book, with its stellar assemblage of important scholarly voices,

Based on a previously unexplored source, this book transforms the way we think about the formation of Jewish identity This book tells the story of the earliest

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