The Cambridge History of Judaism: The Persian Period, Vol. 1 »

This volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism.

Preface; List of abbreviations;

Part I. Introduction:

1. The geography of Palestine and the Levant in relation to its history Denis Baly;
2. Numismatics Uriel Rappaport;
3. Calendars and chronology Elias J. Bickerman;

Part II. The Persian Period:
4. The Persian empire and the political and social history of Palestine in the Persian period Ephraim Stern;
5. The archaeology of Persian Palestine Ephraim Stern;
6. Hebrew and Aramaic in the Persian period Joseph Naveh and Jonas C. Greenfield;
7. The Jewish community in Palestine in the Persia period Peter Ackroyd;
8. Prophecy and Psalms in the Persian period Gunther Wanke;
9. Wisdom literature in the Persian period Harmut Gese;
10. Jewish religious life in the Persian period Morton Smith;
11. Persian life in the Achemenid age Mary Boyce;
12. Iranian influence on Judaism: first century BCE to second century CE Shaud Shaked;
13. The Diaspora: A. Babylonia in the Persian age M. Dandamayev; B. The Babylonian captivity Elias J. Bickerman; C. Egypt, Persian satrapy Edda Bresciani; D. The Jews in Egypt Bezalel Porten; Bibliographies; Index; Chronological table.