BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Herodotus and the Persian Empire. This is the subject of a new issue of the journal Phoenix. One of the articles, by Karel van der Toorn, is on the Judean community at Elephantine.
For many past PaleoJudaica posts on Elephantine and the Elephantine Aramaic papyri, start here and follow the links.
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