The long-held view that the Persian period in Israel (known as Yehud) was a historically derivative era that engendered little theological or literary innovatio

Although scholars have for centuries primarily been interested in using the study of ancient Israel to explain, illuminate, and clarify the biblical story, Mega

This study examines the speeches and prayers in the David-Solomon narrative in Chronicles and seeks to demonstrate that the Chronicler's portrayal of David and

Essential research on the relationship between the Persian empire and the the formation of the book of Psalms In this latest entry in the Ancient Israel and Its

Based on a conference held Apr. 4-5, 2008 at Amherst College.