The Origins of the Second Temple: Persion Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem [Hardcover]

This book presents a ground-breaking study which re-dates the temple to the reign of Artaxerxes I and considers the most cogent history of the building of the second temple. It reviews the historical inconsistencies in Ezra 1–6 and examines the likely boundaries of Yehud under Artaxerxes I.Introduction 1. When Generations Really Count: Dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using Genealogical Information in the Book of Nehemiah 2. Whats in a Date? The Unreliable Nature of the Dates in Haggai and Zechariah 3. Its all in the Sources: The Historicity of the Account of Temple-Rebuilding in Ezra 16 4. Setting the Bounds: The Territory Comprising Yehud under Artaxerxes I in the Mid-Fifth Century BCE 5. Excavating the Past: Settlement Patterns and Military Installations in Persian-Era Yehud 6. Piety or Pragmatism? The Policy of Artaxerxes I for the Development of YehudThis book presents a ground-breaking study which re-dates the temple to the reign of Artaxerxes I and considers the most cogent history of the building of the second temple. It reviews the historical inconsistencies in Ezra 1–6 and examines the likely boundaries of Yehud under Artaxerxes I.US? Diana Edelman 2005