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Early Achaemenid Yehud: Boundaries, Settlements and Populations

  • Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
  • Abbr : KJOTS
  • 2019, 25(4), pp.314-341
  • DOI : 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.314
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : August 4, 2019
  • Accepted : October 29, 2019

Ji-Hoon Kim 1

1한신대학교

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ABSTRACT

Early Achaemenid Yehud: Boundaries, Settlements and Populations Ji-Hoon Kim, Ph.D. Lecturer at Hanshin University This paper deals with the boundaries, settlements and populations of the early Achaemenid Yehud province. As the rule of the Yehud region changed from Babylonia to Achaemenid, the stronghold of the Yehud region was moved from Mizpah to Jerusalem. Even before the time of captivity, the territory of Yehud was reduced by about 70 percent, and the areas of Mizpah, Bethel, Gibeah and Gibeon were used as production-oriented areas in Benjamin. Through the end of the Iron Age II and the early Achaemenid period, the population of Benjamin began to decrease and the population began to increase around the Jerusalem and environs. Charles E. Carter and Oded Lipschits estimate the population at the time of the early Achaemenid to be about 20,000 to 30,000. This study aims (1) to deals with the boundaries of the Yehud region and also deals with the settlement areas of the Yehud region (2) to compares and explains the population of Yehud, with the claims of Carter and Lipschits. This study is that Jerusalem, which was an important stronghold before the time of captivity, began to grow again, although the Yehud region at the time of the early Achaemenid decreased its territory and population compared with the end of the Iron Age II.

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