Download or read book Judaism in Persia s Shadow written by Jon L. Berquist and published by Wipf and Stock. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This lively account of the influence of Persian history on the Hebrew Scriptures, and the people whose faith they express, places the emphasis exactly where it belongs. . . . this {is a} clear introduction . . . to the period, the time when a surprising amount of the Bible was written, but also to the issues of method that any serious study of the Bible must address".--Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary

Download or read book Light and Shadows written by David Yeroushalmi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light and Shadows highlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in Iran. It reveals centuries of oppression, fascinating cultural borrowings, and great artistic achievements. The story is told through rare archaeological artifacts, illuminated manuscripts, beautiful ritual objects and amulets, ceremonial garments, musical instruments, photographs, and more. It examines as well the large-scale exodus of the Jewish community following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Today, at least 25,000 practicing Jews remain in Iran, unwilling to give up their ancestral home and the distinctive way of life they have led there. Light and Shadows is a co-publication between the Fowler Museum at UCLA and Beit Hatfutsot--The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

Download or read book Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel written by Paula M. McNutt and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume Paula McNutt provides a synthesis of recent research on the nature and development of the society of ancient Israel. Focusing on Israelite history from the tribal period through the time of Persian domination, McNutt employs a social-scientific perspective to examine recent reconstructions of the social and cultural contexts that nurtured the literature of the Hebrew Bible. She also offers a helpful overview of the components and dynamics of ancient Israelite society. By investigating the intricate social processes that sustained the society of ancient Israel, McNutt enables the reader to discern the forces at work during key periods of transition and transformation in early Israelite history.

Download or read book In the Lion s Shadow written by Fariborz L. Mokhtari and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the invasion of France in 1940 a junior Iranian diplomat, the aristocratic Abdol-Hossein Sardari, found himself in charge of Iran's legation in Paris, and set about cultivating German and Vichy officials in order to protect the Iranian Jewish community in the country. Alongside the dramatic and romantic narrative of Sardari's life is the larger picture of the betrayal of Iran's neutrality by the Allies, then the eventual handing over of Axis diplomats and citizens to the Soviets "to be interrogated severely."

Download or read book Persian Influence on Daniel and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature written by Vicente Dobroruka and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicente Dobroruka explores Iranian influence on Second Temple Judaism, providing a new explanation of Persian culture and history in the context of biblical accounts by focusing on the spread of Zoroastrian ideas in the period c.300 BCE–200 CE. Dobroruka begins his investigation with an overview of the problems posed by a dualistic worldview-he examines the Indo-European origins of Zarathushtra and his ideas, explores the long-term implications for the notion of free-will, and clarifies the lightness/darkness paradigm that originated in Persia. Following this, Dobroruka discusses a variety of concepts that illustrate this influence, such as the role of matter and the material world, aspects of dualism and the cosmic struggle, the perspectives on the rewards for the just and the opposing punishments for the wicked, the idea of an 'Anointed One', shamanistic visionary experience, the resurrection, and the concepts of Sheol and Paradise.

Download or read book Approaching Yehud written by Jon L. Berquist and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-held view that the Persian period in Israel (known as Yehud) was a historically derivative era that engendered little theological or literary innovation has been replaced in recent decades by an appreciation for the importance of the Persian period for understanding Israel s literature, religion, and sense of identity. A new image of Yehud is emerging that has shifted the focus from viewing the postexilic period as a staging ground for early Judaism or Christianity to dealing with Yehud on its own terms, as a Persian colony with a diverse population. Taken together, the thirteen chapters in this volume represent a range of studies that touch on a variety of textual and historical problems to advance the conversation about the significance of the Persian period and especially its formative influence on biblical literature. Contributors include Richard Bautch, Jon L. Berquist, Zipporah G. Glass, Alice W. Hunt, David Janzen, John Kessler, Melody D. Knowles, Jennifer L. Koosed, Herbert R. Marbury, Christine Mitchell, Julia M. O Brien, Donald C. Polaski, Jean-Pierre Ruiz, Brent A. Strawn, and Christine Roy Yoder. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Download or read book Esther s Children written by Houman Sarshar and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Persian Jews written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Esther, Shaul Mofaz, Mordecai, Moshe Katsav, Rego Park, Queens, Nouriel Roubini, David B. Samadi, Richard Danielpour, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Bahar Soomekh, Zarif, Menahem Shemuel Halevy, Subliminal, Sam Nazarian, Abie Nathan, Rita, Mashallah ibn Athari, Solayman Haim, Yasmina Reza, Benjamin Nahawandi, Sarmad, Iran Eory, Jack Dellal, Paul Merage, Roya Hakakian, Shaun Toub, Sa'ad al-Dawla, Chemda Khalili, Yedidia Shofet, Menashe Amir, Jimmy Delshad, Elie Tahari, Maurice Motamed, David Alliance, Baron Alliance, The Shadow, Avshalom Elitzur, Habib Elghanian, Ciamak Moresadegh, Neil Kadisha, Janet Kohan-Sedq, Mordechai Zar, Habibollah Asgaroladi, Jonathan Ahdout, David Nahai, Uriel Davidi, Essie Sakhai, Samuel Rahbar, Dan Ahdoot, Soleyman Binafard, Dalia Sofer, Saba Soomekh, Tehran Jewish Committee, Yousef Hamadani Cohen, Sahl ibn Bishr, Amnon Netzer, Shaul Bakhash, Haroun Yashayaei, Tania Eshaghoff, Mawlana Shahin Shirazi, Liraz Charhi, Emr n, Manuchehr Eliasi, Judeo-Golpaygani language, Houshang Mashian, Habib Levy. Excerpt: Persian Jews are Jews historically associated with Iran, traditionally known as Persia in Western sources. Judaism is one of the oldest religions practiced in Iran. The Book of Esther contains some references to the experiences of Jews in Persia. Some material has been validated by Biblical scholars. Today, the three largest concentrations of Persian Jews are found in Israel, the United States and Iran respectively. Today the term Iranian Jews is mostly used to refer to Jews from the country of Iran. In various scholarly and historical texts, the term is used to refer to Jews who speak various Iranian languages. Iranian immigrants in Israel (nearly all of whom are Jewish) are referred to as Parsim (Hebrew: meaning "Persians"). In Iran, Jews and Jewish people in general are referred to by...

Download or read book The Jews of Persia Iran written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Persia and Torah written by James Washington Watts and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Studies in Isaiah written by Tommy Wasserman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Isaiah is considered one of the greatest prophetic works in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The complex history of the book's composition, over several time periods, can often perplex and enthrall. The editors to this volume encourage readers to engage deeply with the text in order to get a grasp of the traces and signs within it that can be seen to point to the book's process of composition and ongoing reinterpretation over time. The contributions discuss suggested segments of composition and levels of interpretation, both within the book of Isaiah and its history of reception. The book is divided into two sections: in the first part certain motifs that have come to Isaiah from a distant past are traced through to their origins. Arguments for a suggested 'Josianic edition' are carefully evaluated, and the relationship between the second part of Isaiah and the Book of Psalms is discussed, as are the motifs of election and the themes of Zion theology and the temple. The second part of the book focuses on the history of reception and looks at Paul's use of the book of Isaiah, and how the book is used, and perhaps misused in a contemporary setting in the growing churches in Africa. With a range of international specialists, including Hugh Williamson, Tommy Wasserman, and Knut Holter, this is an excellent resource for scholars seeking to understand Isaiah in a greater depth.

Download or read book Biblical History and Israel S Past written by Megan Bishop Moore and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although scholars have for centuries primarily been interested in using the study of ancient Israel to explain, illuminate, and clarify the biblical story, Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle describe how scholars today seek more and more to tell the story of the past on its own terms, drawing from both biblical and extrabiblical sources to illuminate ancient Israel and its neighbors without privileging the biblical perspective. Biblical History and Israel s Past provides a comprehensive survey of how study of the Old Testament and the history of Israel has changed since the middle of the twentieth century. Moore and Kelle discuss significant trends in scholarship, trace the development of ideas since the 1970s, and summarize major scholars, viewpoints, issues, and developments.

Download or read book Controlling Corporeality written by Jon L. Berquist and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully written book, Jon L. Berquist guides the reader through the Hebrew Bible, examining ancient Israel's ideas of the body, the unstable roles of gender, the deployment of sexuality, and the cultural practices of the time. Conducting his analysis with reference to contemporary theories of the body, power, and social control, Berquist offers not only a description and clarification of ancient Israelite views of the body, but also an analysis of how these views belong to the complex logic of ancient social meanings.

Download or read book Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period written by Oded Lipschitz and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2006 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2003, a conference was held at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), focusing on the people and land of Judah during the 5th and early 4th centuries B.C.E.-- the period when the Persian Empire held sway over the entire ancient Near East. This volume publishes the papers of the participants in the working group that attended the Heidelberg conference. Participants whose contributions appear here include: Y. Amit, B. Becking, J. Berquist, J. Blenkinsopp, M. Dandamayev, D. Edelman, T. Eskenazi, A. Fantalkin and O. Tal, L. Fried, L. Grabbe, S. Japhet, J. Kessler, E. A. Knauf, G. Knoppers, R. Kratz, A. Lemaire, O. Lipschits, H. Liss, M. Oeming, L. Pearce, F. Polak, B. Porten and A. Yardeni, E. Stern, D. Ussishkin, D. Vanderhooft, and J. Wright. The conference was the second of three meetings; the first, held at Tel Aviv in May 2001, was published as Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period by Eisenbrauns in 2003. A third conference focusing on Judah and the Judeans in the Hellenistic era was held in the summer of 2005, at M nster, Germany, and will also be published by Eisenbrauns.

Download or read book Esther s Children written by Houman Sarshar and published by Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book also includes two breathtaking photo-essays: one on the mahallehs (Jewish quarters) and another on synagogues in towns throughout Iran."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book The Persecution of the Jews under Shah Abbas II written by Matthias J. Messerle and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Religion, Note: 1,3, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The primary source of interest when dealing with Iranian Jewry in Ṣafavid times is Bābāī ibn Luṭf's chronicle Kitāb-i Anusī, the 'The Book of a Forced Convert' or 'The Book of Forced Conversion'. Vera Basch Moreen has written an overview of this Judean-Persian account. The Kitāb-i Anusī (KA) was probably written sometime after 1661 since Bābāī ibn Luṭf draws on the Jews regaining their religious freedom which happened only after 1661. If the narrative had been composed later than 1665, one might expect to find allusions to the mystical Messiah Sabbatai Zvi and the movement that followed his person and teachings. However, this is not the case. The KA deals primarily with the persecution waves under Shah 'Abbās II who ruled over Ṣafavid Persia from 1642 to 1666. Bābāī ibn Luṭf, a Persian Jew living in Kāshān at the time of 'Abbās II, chronicled the occurrences he might have witnessed first-hand. Bābāī's motives in writing the KA include the wish to leave a record of the occurrences to posterity as well as to describe the events as a means by which God tested his people ‒ in his view of course the Jews. Some of the various reasons for the Jews' persecution are to be analyzed in this paper. In a second step, Christian travelogues and reports and their approach to the Jews' persecution will be dealt with.

Download or read book Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Esther written by John H. Walton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a brief essay that introduces each book, a verse-by-verse commentary follows. Drawing upon linguistic analysis, archaeological evidence, history, other ancient Near Eastern literatures, and the like, the commentary provides the historical and cultural background against which the texts can be read and understood. --from publisher description.