The exiles of Israel and Judah cast a long shadow over the biblical text and the whole subsequent history of Judaism. Scholars have long recognized the importan

The exiles of Israel and Judah cast a long shadow over the biblical text and the whole subsequent history of Judaism. Scholars have long recognized the importan

These seminal essays, written by an international group of eminent scholars, introduce the reader to the subject of restoration in a roughly chronological appro

The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of the Babylonian exile. Ag

The period of exile and restoration is a crucial one for the understanding of the development of Old Testament thought. The collapse of the state, the destructi