Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-469) and index.
Contents
pt. I. From Cyrus to the Hasmoneans. The Persian era (539-332 B.C.E.) -- The Hellenistic era (332-141 B.C.E.) -- The Hasmonean era (141-63 B.C.E.) -- pt. II. Herodian Jerusalem. The historical dimension -- The urban landscape -- The Temple and Temple Mount -- Jerusalem in the Greco-Roman orbit: the extent and limitations of cultural fusion -- pt. III. The first century C.E. The historical dimension -- The urban configuration -- Social stratification -- Religious ambience -- The destruction of Jerusalem (66-70 C.E.).
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