Remembering biblical figures in the late persian and early hellenistic periods social memory and imagination

Introduction ; I: REMEMBERING ANCESTORS AND FOUNDERS ; 1. The Memory of Abraham in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah ; 2. Remembering Jacob in the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Era ; 3. Moses, the Royal Lawgiver ; 4. Exploring The Memory of Aaron in Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period Yehud ; 5. Remembering Joshua ; II: REMEMBERING KINGS (ISRAELITE AND FOREIGNERS) ; 6. Saul, Hero and Villain ; 7. David in Israelite Social Memory ; 8. Solomon as Cultural Memory ; 9. Between Realpolitiker and Hero of Faith: Memories on Hezekiah in Biblical Traditions and Beyond ; 10. The Memory of Sennacherib in Late Persian Yehud ; 11. Rehabilitating Manasseh: Remembering King Manasseh in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods ; 12. Remembering Josiah ; 13. Nebuchadnezzar: History, Memory and Myth-Making in the Persian Period ; 14. Now You See Him, Now You Don t: Nabonidus in Jewish Memory ; 15. Remembering Cyrus the Persian: Exploring Monarchy and Freedom in Classical Greece ; III: REMEMBERING FEMALE CHARACTERS ; 16. Tamar, from Victim to Mother of a Dynasty ; 17. Ruth: The Art of Memorising Past Enemies, Ambiguously ; 18. Why Remember Jezebela ; IV: REMEMBERING PROPHETS ; 19. Exploring the Memory of Moses 'The Prophet' In Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Yehud/Judah ; 20. Isaiah a Memorable Prophet: Why Was Isaiah so Memorable in the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Periodsa Some Observations ; 21. Remembering Jeremiah in the Persian Period ; 22. The Memory of Ezekiel in Postmonarchic Yehud ; V: ADDITIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ; 23. Reflections on a Cognitive Theory of Culture and a Theory of Formalised Language for Late Biblical Studies