Tag: 4th BCE
Pseudo-Hacataeus: Greek Fragments on Jewish Life [Examining (Extra)Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: The text of Pseudo-Hecataeus is actually a few fragmented quotations of some ancient from an ancient historian. An important element of these quotations is that the historian is not a Jew but a […]
The Letter of Jeremiah: The Idols are Empty [Examining (Extra)Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: The Letter of Jeremiah is a short text which claims to be written by the prophet Jeremiah and sent to the Jewish Exiles who lived in Babylon. Exilic texts and post-Exilic texts closer […]
Ezekiel: The Prophet in Exile [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Ezekiel is a man who was taken captive by Babylon before the destruction of the temple and the city of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. It is likely that Ezekiel was enslaved in the […]
Micah: Prophet of God’s Faithful Kingship [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Micah’s first verse is a timestamp that would seem to make it much easier for us to know when the text was historically composed. Sadly, this timestamp is actually not as helpful as […]
Ezra-Nehemiah: Reforming & Rebuilding the People of God [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: The books Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book, but at some point after King Jesus the book was split into two.[1] The events of Ezra-Nehemiah take place primarily in the mid-400’s BCE. […]
Jonah: Prophet of Resentment towards God [Examining Biblical Literature]
Historical Background: Jonah is another biblical text that is notoriously hard to land on a date. Thankfully, I am not looking for a hard origin point for these texts but the most likely composition era […]
Common Thought 