Jewish Literature and Culture in the Persian Period (520-332 BCE)
- From Text to Tradition
- Historical Surveys
- Primary Sources
- Nehemiah 8 – The Building of Booths
- Nehemiah 10 – The Oath of the Covenant
- 1 Chronicles 28-9 – The Kingdom of David and Solomon
- Haggai 1 – Rebuilding the House of the Lord
- Haggai 2 – Recalling the Splendor of the First Temple
- Zechariah 3-14 – The Prophecy of Restoration
- Malachi 2-3 – The Last Prophets
- Josephus, Against Apion I, 37-43 – Authenticity of Scripture
- Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 14b-15a – The Order of Scripture
- Mishnah Yadayim 3-5 – The Debate Over the Biblical Canon
- Tosefta Yadayim 2-14 – The Biblical Canon and Divine Inspiration
- Elephantine Passover Papyri – The Observance of Passover
- Elephantine Temple Papyrus – The Destruction of the Temple Elephantine
- Secondary Sources
- Images