A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1): Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah: The Persian Period (539-331BCE): v. 1 (The Library of Second Temple Studies). This item is unavailable.A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period (vol. 1): Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah: The Persian Period (539-331BCE): v. 1 (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

In the first of four volumes on A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Lester Grabbe presents a comprehensive history of Yehud - the Aramaic name for Judah - during the Persian Period. Among the many crucial questions he addresses are: What are the sources for this period and how do we evaluate them? And how do we make them 'speak' to us through the fog of centuries? This first volume, Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah offers the most up to date and comprehensive examination of the political and administrative structures; the society and economy; the religion, temple and cult; the developments in thought and literature; and the major political events of Judah at the time.

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?