Breaking Monotheism: Yehud and the Material Formation of Monotheistic Identity

by Jeremiah W. Cataldo

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2012

Overview

Breaking Monotheism makes the case that monotheism is a product of a contest for land and authority. Using the Persian province Yehud as its primary case study, Cataldo anlayzes the interaction between religion and the social-political body in several important areas: power relations in the province, land as private property and its economic impact, political structure and the “rule of law,” monotheistic religious identity in Palestine and its tendency toward “cultural” exclusion, and social group formation in the midst of conflict. This work develops a model through which to better understand the structural formations of later monotheistic religions.

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Product Details

• Title: Breaking Monotheism: Yehud and the Material Formation of Monotheistic Identity
• Author: Jeremiah W. Cataldo
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 192
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Judaica

About Jeremiah W. Cataldo

Jeremiah Cataldo is assistant professor of history at Frederik Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University.