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Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Origins of the Judean Temple-State under the Persian Empire 15
The Judean Temple-State and Persian Imperial Rule 16
Multiple Conflicts in Yehud under Persian Rule 22
The Temple-State and the People of Yehud toward the End of Persian Rule 31
The Judean Temple-State under the Hellenistic Empires 33
Changes in the Imperial Situation and Administration 34
First Crisis: Aristocratic Factions under the Ptolemaic Empire 37
Second Crisis: Aristocratic Factions and the Change of Imperial Regimes 41
Third Crisis: Aristocratic Factions under the Seleucid Regime 45
Exacerbating the Division between Temple-State Aristocracy and Judean Peasantry 50
Ben Sira and the Sociology of Judea 53
Ben Sira's Portrayal of Social Structure and Social Roles in Judea 55
Sociologies of Agrarian Societies 58
Social Structure, Social Relations, and Social Dynamics in Ben Sira's Judea 62
Scribes and Sages: Administrators and Intellectuals 71
Scribes and Scribal Training in Mesopotamia and Egypt 72
Scribes in Judah-Yehud-Judea 76
ScribalTraining and Range of Knowledge 82
Orality, Writing, and the Cultivation of Texts 89
Scribal Instruction as Oral 90
Toward an Appropriate Approach 91
Kinds of Writing and Their Uses 94
Orality and Writing in Scribal Learning, Teaching, and Practice 101
The Cultural Repertoire of the Judean Scribes 109
The Evidence from Qumran 111
Ben Sira's Relation to Torah and Prophets 119
Cultivation of Texts Earlier in the Second-Temple Period 120
Kinds of Wisdom 126
Cultural Repertoire and New Composition 128
The Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira 131
Instructional Wisdom Speeches 133
Hymns of Praise 142
Ben Sira and the Politics of the Second Temple 144
1 Enoch 151
General Aspects of Enoch Texts and Considerations of Approach 152
Book of the Luminaries (1 Enoch 72-82) 156
Book of Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36) 157
Animal Vision (1 Enoch 85-90) 163
The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 92-105) 166
Daniel 173
The Tales in Daniel 1-6 174
The Visions in Daniel 7-12 179
The Maskilim in the Political Crisis 189
Conclusion: Understanding Texts in Contexts 193
The Broader Context of the Social Structure and Roles 193
The Broader Context of Judean Culture 194
The Broader Context of Historical Crisis in Judea 201
Further Implications 203
Appendix A 207
Notes 209
Index 253
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