Sunday, May 28, 2017

Hellenistic Babylonia

AWOL: Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Images and Names. Of no little potential interest for background on ancient Judaism. There was a vibrant Jewish community in Babylon in this period, about which we know very little.

More on ancient Babylonian texts and scribes from the time of the Babylonian Exile and from the Second Temple Period is here and here.