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Challenges and responses of the Second Temple period -- Literacy and the socioeconomic context of the Judean postexilic communities -- The portrayal of Judean communities in Persian-era Palestine: through the lens of the covenant code -- The postexilic construction of the prophetic figure of Jeremiah -- The theological concept of YHWH's punitive justice in the Hebrew Bible: historical development in the context of the Judean community in the Persian period -- The Psalms of the poor -- The piety of the poor in the Qumran community -- Epilogue.

"Johannes Unsok Ro addresses some of the core themes that are crucially important for understanding the background of the formation of the Hebrew Bible during the Persian and Hellenistic periods, including the relationship between the shaping of the canon and literacy in the Judean community, strangers in the biblical law codes, the socioeconomic structures of Judean communities reflected in the biblical law codes, the development of the theological concept of divine punitive justice; the piety of the poor in certain Psalms, and the concept of poverty in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ro focuses on the Pentateuch, the Deuteronomistic History, the Prophetic Literature, the Psalms, and the Dead Sea Scrolls to challenge many assumptions and to shed new light on biblical documents produced in this time period"-- Provided by publisher.

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