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Yahwism under the Achaemenid empire
(Prof. Shaul Shaked in memoriam)

This hybrid conference took place on 20-22.12.2022 and was live-streamed via zoom to paid ticket holders. These paid tickets made the steaming and recording of all paper presentations possible and we thank all those who contributed to making this content publicly available. 

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The paper presentations below are made available to the community free of charge. 

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(except for the opening and closing sessions, paper presentations are ordered by the speaker's last name)

Remembering Prof. Shaul Shaked
33:08

Remembering Prof. Shaul Shaked

Family, friends and colleagues
Dr. Gad Barnea (University of Haifa)
55:06

Dr. Gad Barnea (University of Haifa)

Features of Achaemenid-era Zoroastrianism: some echoes from Yahwistic sources at Elephantine
Dr. Ohad Cohen (University of Haifa)
59:20

Dr. Ohad Cohen (University of Haifa)

Shining a light on להוא in Judean Aramaic : Evidences from Achaemenid Imperial Aramaic
Prof. Diana Edelman (University of Oslo)
54:07

Prof. Diana Edelman (University of Oslo)

Yhwh Shomron and Yhwh Elohim in the Achaemenid Province of Samaria
Prof. Israel Finkelstein (University of Haifa)
39:47

Prof. Israel Finkelstein (University of Haifa)

Archaeology's Black Hole: Jerusalem and Yehud/Judea in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods
Dr. Margaretha Folmer (Leiden University)
53:22

Dr. Margaretha Folmer (Leiden University)

The linguistic milieu of Elephantine Aramaic
Prof. Benedikt Hensel (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
59:06

Prof. Benedikt Hensel (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)

Was there an ‘Idumean Yahwism’? Material and Biblical Evidence on Religion and Yahweh-Worship in Idumea
Prof. Tawny Holm (Pennsylvania State University)
59:16

Prof. Tawny Holm (Pennsylvania State University)

Samarians in the Egyptian Diaspora
Prof. Itamar Kislev (University of Haifa)
57:00

Prof. Itamar Kislev (University of Haifa)

The cultic fire in the priestly source
Prof. Ingo Kottsieper (University of Münster)
57:03

Prof. Ingo Kottsieper (University of Münster)

From יהה צבאת to יהו מרא שמיא: Aspects of religious development on Elephantine
Prof. Reinhard Kratz (Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen)
01:12:09

Prof. Reinhard Kratz (Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen)

Where to put Biblical, Torah-centered Yahwism in Achaemenid Times?
Prof. Oded Lipschits (University of Tel-Aviv)
58:50

Prof. Oded Lipschits (University of Tel-Aviv)

"Those who live in these ruins in the land of Israel" (Ez. 33:24): Some Thoughts on Living in the Shadow of the Ruins in Persian Period Judah
Dr. James D. Moore (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
57:43

Dr. James D. Moore (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Administering Religion and Cult at Elephantine
Prof. Antonio Panaino (Università di Bologna)
55:52

Prof. Antonio Panaino (Università di Bologna)

Cyrus as Mašiaḥ or Χριστός
Dr. Laurie Pearce (University of California, Berkeley)
01:06:12

Dr. Laurie Pearce (University of California, Berkeley)

Through a Babylonian looking glass: what is the problem with foreign wives?
Prof. Bezalel Porten (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
32:49

Prof. Bezalel Porten (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

יהו and its cognates in personal names: the problem of Yama
Prof. Konrad Schmid (University of Zurich)
56:10

Prof. Konrad Schmid (University of Zurich)

The End of History and the Ends of History: Assessing the Political-Theological Status of the Achaemenid Empire in Persian Period Judaism
Prof. Stefan Schorch (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
58:00

Prof. Stefan Schorch (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

The Samaritan Pentateuch as Textual Witness of the Pentateuch in the Persian Period
Prof. Michael Shenkar (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
54:29

Prof. Michael Shenkar (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

The Achaemenid Dynasty, Zoroastrianism and the Origin of the Fire-Temples
Dr. Jason Silverman (University of Helsinki)
58:40

Dr. Jason Silverman (University of Helsinki)

Yahwism in the Religious Field of the Achaemenid Empire: Using Bourdieu as a theorist of religious change in the Persian Empire
Prof. Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam)
57:02

Prof. Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam)

Persian Imperialism and the Religious Imagination in Early Judaism
Prof. Ran Zadok (University of Tel-Aviv)
49:44

Prof. Ran Zadok (University of Tel-Aviv)

Issues pertaining to the Judean exiles in pre-Hellenistic Babylonia
Closing event: Prof. Yonatan Adler and the origins of Judaism
01:12:10

Closing event: Prof. Yonatan Adler and the origins of Judaism

Book presentation and discussion
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