This book examines Community Identity in the post-exilic temple Community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on its construction.
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In the book, David Janzen reads Ezra-Nehemiah in dialogue with the Achaemenids\' Old Persian inscriptions, as well as with other media the dynasty used, such as reliefs, seals, coins, architecture, and imperial parks.
This book examines Community Identity in the post-exilic temple Community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on its construction