The Levitical Authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah.
Kyung, Jin Min
The study of Ezra-Nehemiah has been revolutionized in recent years by a growing rejection of the long-established belief that it was composed as part of the Chronicler's work. That shift in scholarly paradigms has re-opened many questions of origin and purpose, and this thesis attempts to establish an answer to the most important of these the question of authorship. Here, Kyungjin Min argues that Ezra-Nehemiah most likely originated in a Levitical group that received Persian backing during the late-fifth century BCE and that valued the ideologies of decentralization of power, unity and cooperation among social groups, and dissatisfaction with the religious status quo..
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Año:
2004
Edición:
Kindle
Editorial:
Independely Published
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
192
ISBN 10:
0567082261
ISBN 13:
9780567082268
Serie:
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 409.
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PDF, 11.14 MB
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english, 2004