Ethnicity and 'the Myth of the Reborn Nation': investigations in collective identity, monotheism and the use of figurines in Yehud during the Achaemenid period

Authors

  • Izaak de Hulster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30664/ar.67546

Keywords:

Middle East, Archaeology, Ethnicity, Israel -- History, Palestine -- History, Group identity, Monotheism, Yehud (Persian province), Statues, Sculpture, Bible, Old Testament

Abstract

The myth of the reborn nation’ was one of the results of my recent research on figurines, the history of the religion of Yehud, and the rise of monotheism. The purpose of this paper is presenting a discussion about ‘the myth of the reborn nation’ from the perspective of ethnicity. 
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014): Third Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies
Section
Articles

Published

2014-12-08

How to Cite

de Hulster, I. (2014). Ethnicity and ’the Myth of the Reborn Nation’: investigations in collective identity, monotheism and the use of figurines in Yehud during the Achaemenid period. Approaching Religion, 4(2), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.30664/ar.67546

Copyright (c) 2014 Izaak de Hulster

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