The letter from a King Artaxerxes to Ezra recounted in Ezra 7 is interpreted against the background of royal Hellenistic foundations and gifts. The euergetism rooted in the Hellenistic kingly ideology cannot be shown for the Persian royal ideology. Thus, Ezra 7 probably belongs into (early) Hellenistic times. This has consequences firstly for the understanding of the letter as an historical document, but then also for those historical models which seek to explain the genesis of the Torah principally from Ezra 7.
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"Gr tz's analysis is quite compehensive and well presented. His argumentation is sound and its structural organization [...] is very successful. [...] the most comprehensive and serious challenge to date to a premise about the extent of Persian involvement in the Levant."Armin Siedlecki in: Journal of Biblical Literature 3/2005 "Mit seiner Arbeit hat der Verf. nicht nur eine fundierte und durch mannigfache Quellenanalysen gest tzte Bestreitung der These von der Reichsautorisation vorgelegt, sondern auch einen wesentlichen Beitrag zum Verst ndnis des Judentums in fr hhellenistischer Zeit geliefert."Uwe Becker in: Zeitschrift f r die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 1/2006
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- The Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period by Steven T. Katz on 6 pages
- Second Temple Studies (JSOT supplement) (v. 1) by Davies on 5 pages
- Studies in Persian History:: Essays in Memory of David M. Lewis by Maria Brosius on 4 pages
- Hellenism in the East: The Interaction of Greek and Non-Greek Civilizations from Syria to Central Asia After Alexander (Hellenistic Culture and Society, Vol 2) by Amélie Kuhrt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire (Ancient Near East) by M. A. Dandamaev on page 96, page 250, and Back Matter
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