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| proclamation by the persian king cyrus that he was appointed by the babylonian gods to liberate the babylonians and rebuild their temples, shows many parallels to the cyrus proclamation quoted in Ezra 1:1-4 that yahweh had appointed him to rebuild the temple and allow the Judeans to return home |
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| a type of psalm that is a cry for Gods help and typically includes most of the following extreme elements, complaint, plea for help, vow, statement of trust in God's help and thanksgiving for gods help, a plea that things might get better |
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| Sometimes referred to as just hymn this is a psalm that focuses on praise of God. It often features a focus on creation and or is characterized by refrains calling for praise of God. |
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| type of psalm that praises God for deliverance from suffering and calls on others to join that praise. |
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| a hebrew word meaning anointed one which during the second temple period came to designate a hoped for anointed king who would deliver the jews from domination and or hoped for anointed priests to replace the priests in Jerusalem who were perceived by some to be corrupt. |
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| Persian government authorization |
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| a practice seen in different parts of the persian empire whereby local leaders sought and received official recognition from the persian authorities of their local laws as person law, some scholars think that Judean post exilic period lay and priestly leaders may have sought such persian recognition for their traditions and that this process may stand behind the present combination of priestly and non-priestly strands of the pentateuch |
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| another word for the book of pslams |
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| Second Temple (date and circumstances of rebuilding) |
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| the temple rebuilt under persian sponsorship by 515 bce and eventually destroyed by the romans in 70 ce a center for judean leadership and social organization through out the intervening period |
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| a hebrew term referring in Job to an accuser working FOR God who roams Gods realm and checks up on Gods subjects though this term is translated in job with a capital S thus leading readers to confuse the satan or accuser of Job with the demon Satan of later jewish an Christian theology the word is not a proper name in Job and does not refer to the prince of darkness. |
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| a designation for chapters 56-66 of the book of Isaiah a section distinguished from Second Isaiah by more explicit indicators that it addressed the situation of post exillic period Judah. |
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