The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity

The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity
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In this book, Jason A. Staples proposes a new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel developed in Early Judaism and how that concept impacted Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration after the Babylonian Exile. Challenging conventional as