[see also: Histories of ancient Israel and Palestinian archaeology]
The bibliography is divided into four sections as follows:
Briant, P., "Persian Empire", ABD V (1992) 236-244.
Briant, P., Histoire de l'empire perse de Cyrus à Alexandre. 2 vol. (Achaemenid History, 10; Leiden: Netherlands Institute voor het Nabije Oosten, 1996; Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1996); = From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002) [In one volume, with corrections and revisions by the author].
Frei, P. – K. Koch, Reichsidee und Reichsorganisation im Perserreich. Zweite, bearbeitete und stark erweiterte Auflage (OBO 55; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996 [11984])
Kuhrt, A., "Ancient Near Eastern History: The Case of Cyrus the Great of Persia", in H. G. M. Williamson (ed.), Understanding the History of Ancient Israel (Proceedings of the British Academy, 143; Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2007) 107-127.
Kuhrt, A., "Cyrus the Great of Persia: Images and Realities", in M. Heinz – M. H. F. Feldman (eds.), Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 169-191.
Kuhrt, A., The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. 2 vol. (London: Routledge, 2007). [a one-volume paperback edition was published in 2010]
Liverani, M., Antico Oriente. Storia, società, economia (Collezione Storica; Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1988), ch. 32.
Rollinger, R., "Überlegungen zu Herodot, Xerxes und dessen angeblicher Zerstörung Babylons", Altorientalische Forschungen 25 (1998) 339-373.
Vanderhooft, D., "Cyrus II, Liberator or Conqueror?" in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 351-372.
Wiesehöfer, J., "The Achaemenid Empire in the Fourth Century B.C.E.: A Period of Decline?", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 11-30.
Betlyon, J., "A People Transformed: Palestine in the Persian Period", NEA 68 (2005)4-58.
Carter, C. E., The Emergence of Yehud in the Persian Period: A Social and Demographic Study (JSOTSup 294; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999).
Edelman, D., "Settlement Patterns in Persian-Period Yehud", in Y. Levin (ed.), A Time of Change: Judah and Its Neighbours in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (Library of Second Temple Studies, 65; London: T & T Clark, 2007) 52-64.
Faust, A., "Settlement Dynamics and Demographic Fluctuations in Judah from the Late Iron Age to the Hellenistic Period and the Archaeology of Persian-Period Yehud", in Y. Levin (ed.), A Time of Change: Judah and Its Neighbours in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (Library of Second Temple Studies, 65; London: T & T Clark, 2007) 23–51.
Finkelstein, I., "The Territorial Extent and Demography of Yehud/Judea in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods", RB 117 (2010) 39-54.
Grabbe, L. L, "Archaeology and Archaiologias: Relating Excavations to History in Fourth-Century B.C.E. Palestine", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 125-135.
Heltzer, M., The Province Judah and the Jews in Persian Times (Tel Aviv: Archaeological Center Publication, 2008).
Hoglund, K., "The Achaemenid Context", in P. R. Davies (ed.), Second Temple Studies I: The Persian Period (JSOTSup 117; Sheffield: JSOT, 1991) 54-72.
Hoglund, K. G., Achaemenid Imperial Administration in Syria-Palestine and the Missions of Ezra and Nehemiah (SBLDS 125; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1992).
Hoglund, K., "The Material Culture of the Persian Period and the Sociology of the Second Temple Period", in P. R. Davies – J. M. Halligan (eds.), Second Temple Studies III: Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture (JSOTSup 340; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) 14-18.
Kessler, J., "Reconstructing Haggai's Jerusalem: Demographic and Sociological Considerations and the Search for an Adequate Methodological Point of Departure", in L. L. Grabbe – R. D. Haak (eds.), 'Every City Shall Be Forsaken': Urbanism and Prophecy in Ancient Israel and the Near East (JSOTSup 330; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001) 137-158.
Lipschits, O., "Achaemenid Imperial Policy, Settlement Processes in Palestine, and the Status of Jerusalem in the Middle of the Fifth Century B.C.E", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 19-52.
Lipschits, O. – O. Tal, "The Settlement Archaeology of the Province of Judah: A Case Study", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 33-52.
Magen, Y., "The Dating of the First Phase of the Samaritan Temple on Mount Gerizim in Light of the Archaeological Evidence", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 157-211.
Meyers, E. M., "Second Temple Studies in the Light of Recent Archaeology: Part I: The Persian and Hellenistic Periods", Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 2 (1994) 25-42.
Meyers, E. M., "Exile and Restoration in Light of Recent Archaeology and Demographic Studies", in G. N. Knoppers – L. L. Grabbe – D. N. Fulton (eds.), Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd (Library of Second Temple Studies, 73; London: T & T Clark, 2009) 166-173.
Stern, E., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Vol. 2: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods (732-332 B.C.E.) (Anchor Bible Reference Library; New York: Doubleday, 2001).
Ussishkin, D., "The Borders and de facto Size of Jerusalem in the Persian Period", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 147-166.
Albertz, R., Die Exilszeit. 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. (Biblische Enzyklopädie, 7: Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2001); = Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. (SBL Studies in Biblical Literature, 3; Atlanta: SBL, 2003); = Israele in esilio: storia e letteratura nel VI secolo a.C. (ISBS 42; Brescia: Paideia, 2009). [The work also covers the first decades of the Persian period up to 520 b.c.e.]
Baillet, M., "Samaritains", DBSup 11 (1991) 773-1047.
Becking, B., "'We All Returned As One!' Critical Notes on the Myth of the Mass Return", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 3-18.
Becking, B., "Do the Earliest Samaritan Inscriptions Already Indicate a Parting of the Ways?", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 213-222.
Bernett, M., "Polis und Politeia. Zur politischen Organisation Jerusalems und Jehuds in der Pereserzeit", in S. Alkier – M. Witte (eds.), Die Griechen und das antike Israel. Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Religions- und Kulturgeschichte des Heiligen Landes (OBO 201; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004) 73-129.
Berquist, J. L., Judaism in Persia's Shadow. A Social and Historical Approach (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).
Berquist, J. L. (ed.), Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Study of the Persian Period (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2007).
Bianchi, F., "I superstiti della deportazione sono là nella provincia" (Neemia 1,3). 1: Ricerche epigrafiche sulla storia della Giudea in età neobabilonese e achemenide (586 a.C.- 442 a.C.). 2: Ricerche storico-bibliche sulla Giudea in età neobabilonese e achemenide (586 a.C.- 442 a.C.). 2 vol. (Supplemento 76 e 82 agli Annali; Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1993/1995).
Briant, P., "Histoire impériale et histoire régionale. À propos de l'histoire de Juda dans l'empire Achéménide", in A. Lemaire – M. Sæbø (eds), Congress Volume Oslo 1998 (VTSup 80; Leiden: Brill, 2000) 234-245.
Cataldo, J. W., Theocratic Yehud? Issues of Government in a Persian Province (LHB/OTS 498; London: T & T Clark International, 2009).
Contini, R., "Gli ebrei di Elefantina: un esempio emblematico di religione non biblica", in G. L. Prato (ed.), Religione biblica e religione storica dell'antico Israele: un monopolio interpretativo nella continuità culturale. Atti del XV Convegno di Studi Veterotestamentari (Fara Sabina, 10–12 Settembre 2007) (Ricerche storico-bibliche, 21/1; Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 2009) 169-195.
Davies, P. R. (ed.), Second Temple Studies, I: The Persian Period (JSOTSup 117; Sheffield: JSOT, 1991).
Davies, P. R. – J. M. Halligan (eds.), Second Temple Studies, III: Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture (JSOTSup 340; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).
Delcor, M., "Sanctuaires juifs: le Temple samaritain du mont Garizim", DBSup 11 (1991) 1310-1317.
Demsky, A. "Who Came First, Ezra or Nehemiah? The Synchronistic Approach", HUCA 65 (1994) 1-19
Edelman, D. V., The Origins of the 'Second' Temple. Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem (Bible World; London: Equinox, 2005).
Elayi J. – J. Sapin, Nouveaux regards sur la Transeuphratène (Mémories Premières; Turnhout; Brepols, 1991); = Beyond the River: New Perspectives on Transeuphrates (JSOTSup 250; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998).
Elayi, J., et al., "Bulletin d'information. I: Syrie-Phénicie-Palestine", Transeuphratène 17 (1999) 47-176.
Eshel, H., "The Governors of Samaria in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 223-234.
Eskenazi, T. C. – K. H. Richards (eds.), Second Temple Studies, II: Temple Community in the Persian Period (JSOTSup 175; Sheffield: JSOT, 1994).
Fried, L. S., The Priest and the Great King: Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire (Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego, 10; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004).
Garbini, G., Il ritorno dall'esilio babilonese (Studi biblici, 129; Brescia: Paideia, 2001).
Gerstenberger, E. S., Israel in der Perserzeit. 5. und 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. (Biblische Enzyklopädie, 8; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2005).
González Echegaray, J., "Notas históricas sobre la provincia persa de Yehud (Judá): últimas investigaciones", in J. M. Díaz Rodelas – M. Pérez Fernández – F. Ramón Casas (eds.), Aún me quedas tú: homenaje al Profesor D. Vicente Collado Bertomeu (Estella [Navarra]: Editorial Verbo Divino, 2009) 531-549.
Grabbe, L. L., Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992).
Grabbe, L. L., Ezra-Nehemiah (Old Testament Readings; London: Routledge, 1998).
Grabbe, L. L., "The History of Israel: the Persian and Hellenistic Periods", in A. D. H. Mayes (ed.), Text in Context. Essays by Members of the Society for Old Testament Study (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000) 403-427.
Grabbe, L. L., A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Vol. 1: Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah (Library of Second Temple Studies, 47; London: T & T Clark, 2004).
Grabbe, L. L., "'They Shall Come Rejoicing to Zion' – Or Did They? The Settlement of Yehud in the Early Persian Period", in G. N. Knoppers – L. L. Grabbe – D. N. Fulton (eds.), Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd (Library of Second Temple Studies, 73; London: T & T Clark, 2009) 116-127.
Grabbe, L. L., "Was Jerusalem a Persian Fortress?" in G. N. Knoppers – L. L. Grabbe – D. N. Fulton (eds.), Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd (Library of Second Temple Studies, 73; London: T & T Clark, 2009) 128-137.
Höffken, P., "Xerxes und (k)eine Marduk-Statue. Überlegungen zu einem Randthema alttestamentlicher Prophetenexegese", VT 55 (2005) 477-485.
Joisten-Pruschke, A., Das religiöse Leben der Juden von Elephantine in der Achämenidenzeit (Göttinger Orientforschungen 3, Iranica 2; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008).
Kessler, J., "Persia's Loyal Yahwists: Power Identity and Ethnicity in Achaemenid Yehud", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 91-121.
Knoppers, G. N, "Revisiting the Samarian Question in the Persian Period", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 265-289.
Knoppers, G. N. – L. L. Grabbe – D. N. Fulton (eds.), Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd (Library of Second Temple Studies, 73; London: T & T Clark, 2009).
Korpel, M. C. A., "Disillusion among Jews in the Postexilic Period", in R. P. Gordon – J. C. De Moor (eds.), The Old Testament in Its World. Papers Read at the Winter Meeting, January 2003, of the Society for Old Testament Study and at the Joint Meeting, July 2003, of The Society for Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (OTS 52: Leiden: Brill, 2005) 135-157.
Kratz, R. G., Das Judentum im Zeitalter des Zweiten Tempels (FAT 42; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004).
Kuhrt, A., "The Cyrus Cylinder and Achaemenid Imperial Policy", JSOT 25 (1983) 83-97.
Laperrousaz, E.-M. – A. Lemaire (eds.), La Palestine à l'époque perse (Études annexes à la Bible de Jérusalem; Paris: Cerf, 1994).
Leith, M. J. W., "Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period", in M. D. Coogan (ed.), The Oxford History of the Biblical World (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) 367-419 [= 276-316 in the 2001 paperback edition].
Levin, Y. (ed.), A Time of Change: Judah and Its Neighbours in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (Library of Second Temple Studies, 65; London: T & T Clark, 2007).
Lipschits, O. – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006).
Lipschits, O. – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007).
Maier, J., Zwischen den Testamenten. Geschichte und Religion in der Zeit des Zweiten Tempels (Neue Echter Bibel, Erg.bd./AT 3; Würzburg: Echter, 1990); = Il Giudaismo del Secondo Tempio. Storia e religione (Brescia: Paideia, 1991).
Middlemas, J. A., "Going Beyond the Myth of the Empty Land: A Reassessment of the Early Persian Period", in G. N. Knoppers – L. L. Grabbe – D. N. Fulton (eds.), Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd (Library of Second Temple Studies, 73; London: T & T Clark, 2009) 174-194.
Na'aman, N., "Royal Vassals or Governors? On the Status of Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel in the Persian Empire", Hen 22 (2000) 35-44.
Nodet, É., "Sacchi et l'histoire du Second Temple", Bib 78 (1997) 548-564.
Ro, J. Unsok, "Socio-Economic Context of Post-Exilic Community and Literacy", ZAW 120 (2008) 597-611.
Sacchi, P., Storia del Secondo Tempio. Israele tra VI secolo a.C. e I secolo d.C. (Torino: Società Editrice Internazionale, 1994); = The History of the Second Temple Period (JSOTSup 285; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000); = Historia del Judaísmo en la época del Segundo Templo (Madrid: Trotta, 2004).
Sacchi, P., "Cap. 3: La storia del popolo ebraico dopo l'esilio", in R. Fabris (ed.), Introduzione generale alla Bibbia. Seconda edizione rinnovata (Logos, Corso di studi biblici, 1; Leumann [TO]: Elledici, 2006) 91-124
Schaper, J., "Numismatik, Epigraphik, alttestamentliche Exegese und die Frage nach der politischen Verfassung des achämenidischen Juda", ZDPV 118 (2002) 150-168.
Weinberg, J. P., The Citizen-Temple Community (JSOTSup 151; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992).
Wenning, R., "Griechischer Einfluss auf Palästina in vorhellenistischer Zeit", in S. Alkier – M. Witte (eds.), Die Griechen und das antike Israel. Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Religions- und Kulturgeschichte des Heiligen Landes (OBO 201; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004) 29-60.
Willi, T., Juda – Jehud – Israel. Studien zum Selbstverständnis des Judentums in persischer Zeit (FAT 12; Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1995).
Williamson, H. G. M., Studies in Persian Period History and Historiography (FAT 38; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004).
Yamauchi, E. M., Persia and the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1990).
Albertz, R., Religionsgeschichte Israels in alttestamentlicher Zeit, I: Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Königszeit; II: Vom Exil bis zu den Makkabäern (ATD Ergänzungsreihe, Grundrisse zum AT, 8/1-2; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992); = A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, I: From the Beginnings to the End of the Exile; II: From the Exile to the Maccabees (London: SCM, 1994); = Historia de la religión de Israel en tiempos del Antiguo Testamento. Vol. 1: De los comienzos hasta el final de la monarquía. Vol. 2: Desde el exilio hasta la época de los Macabeos (Biblioteca de ciencias bíblicas y orientales; Madrid: Trotta, 1999).
Albertz, R. – B. Becking (eds.), Yahwism After the Exile – Perspectives on Israelite Religion in the Persian Period: Papers Read at the First Meeting of the European Association for Biblical Studies, Utrecht, 6-9 August 2000 (Studies in Theology and Religion [STAR], 5; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2003).
Becking B. – M. C. A. Korpel (eds.), The Crisis of Israelite Religion. Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times (OTS 42; Leiden: Brill, 1999).
Bedford, P. R., Temple Restoration in Early Achaemenid Judah (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 65; Leiden: Brill, 2001).
Blenkinsopp, J., "The Development of Jewish Sectarianism from Nehemiah to the Hasidim", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century b.c.e. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 385-404.
Grabbe, L. L., Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period. Belief and Practice From the Exile to Yavneh (London: Routledge, 2000).
Hanson, P. D., The Dawn of Apocalyptic. The Historical and Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975, 21979).
Hanson, P. D., "Israelite Religion in the Early Postexilic Period", in P. D. Miller et al. (eds.), Ancient Israelite Religion. Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987) 485-508
Kessler, J., The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (VTSup 91; Leiden: Brill, 2002).
Niehr, H., "Religio-historical aspects of the 'Early Post-Exilic' period", in B. Becking – M. C. A. Korpel (eds), The Crisis of Israelite Religion: Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times (OTS 42; Leiden: Brill, 1999) 228-244.
Plöger, O., Theokratie und Eschatologie (WMANT 2; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1959, 21962); = Theocracy and Eschatology (Atlanta: John Knox, 1968).
Rose, W. H., Zemah and Zerubbabel: Messianic Expectations in the Early Postexilic Period (JSOTSup 304; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000).
Schaper, J., Priester und Leviten im achämenidischen Juda. Studien zur Kult- und Sozialgeschichte Israels in persischer Zeit (FAT 31; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2000).
Scott, J. M. (ed.), Restoration: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 72; Leiden: Brill, 2001).
Steck, O. H., "Das Problem theologischer Strömungen in nachexilischer Zeit", EvT 28 (1968) 445-458.
Steck, O. H., "Strömungen theologischer Tradition im Alten Israel", in O. H. Steck (ed.), Zu Tradition und Theologie im Alten Testament (Biblisch-theologische Studien, 2; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1978) 27-56. Reprinted (with same title) in O. H. Steck, Wahrnehmungen Gottes im Alten Testament. Gesammelte Studien (TB 70; München: Kaiser, 1982) 291-317. First published in English: "Theological Streams of Tradition", in D. A. Knight (ed.), Tradition and Theology in the Old Testament. A Symposium (Philadelphia: Fortress; London: SPCK, 1977) 183-214; = "Courants théologiques dans la tradition", in D. A. Knight (ed.), Tradition et théologie dans l’ancien Testament (LD 108; Paris: Cerf – Desclée, 1982) 193-223.
Stern, E., "The Religious Revolution in Persian-Period Judah", in O. Lipschits – M. Oeming (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006) 199-205.
Talmon, S., "The Emergence of Jewish Sectarianism in the Early Second Temple Period", in P. D. Miller et al. (eds.), Ancient Israelite Religion. Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987), 587-616; in a slightly different form in S. Talmon, King, Cult and Calendar in Ancient Israel. Collected Studies (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1986) 165-201.
Talmon, S., "'Exile' and 'Restoration' in the Conceptual World of Ancient Judaism", in J. M. Scott (ed.), Restoration: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 72; Leiden: Brill, 2001) 107-146.
Watts, J. W. (ed.), Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch (SBLSymS 17; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001).