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postexilic

ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)

How To Use postexilic In A Sentence

  • Shelomith was the daughter of Zerubbabel, a governor (c. 520 – 510 b.c.e.) of the postexilic province of Yehud. Shelomith 2: Bible.
  • Very clearly he included it among the Prophets, along with Solomon's prophetic parable of love and the exilic and postexilic books of history, all of which were composed from a prophetic perspective.
  • At its heart were not only the shared law codes and rules of sacrifice, but the saga of national history that began with the call of Abraham in distant Ur and ended with the restoration of the Temple community by Ezra and Nehemiah in the postexilic period. The Bible Unearthed
  • Although it is certainly possible to envision a woman like Huldah as a temple prophet in the time of Josiah, some scholars suggest that this narrative segment is the literary creation of a postexilic writer seeking to explain the exile, rather than a report (or justification) of events during the monarchy. Huldah: Bible.
  • * It is important to note that some of this genealogical material in Genesis, such as the list of the sons of Ishmael, belongs to the P source, which is dated, in the main, to postexilic times. The Bible Unearthed
  • The strong message about the separation of Israelites from Canaanites in the patriarchal narratives also fit the attitudes of the people of postexilic Yehud. The Bible Unearthed
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