Exil und Diaspora

We start the the new year with a pointer to a review of a book highly related to the Diasporajudaism at the time of Philo, recently reviewed on www.Bookreviews.org: Jörn Kiefer,
Exil und Diaspora: Begrifflichkeit und Deutungen im antiken Judentum und in der hebraischen Bibel (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte, 19; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2005).Hardcover. €88.00. pp. 760 + CD-ROM. We snip from the introduction of the review by Klaus-Peter Adam:"The intention of Kiefer’s study is to develop an understanding of the terms and interpretations for exile and diaspora in the Hebrew Bible and in ancient Judaism, focusing on relevant biblical and early Jewish texts up to the second century C.E. Kiefer’s book provides a most readable and a stimulating companion to everyone working on exile and diaspora, indicating the shifts in interpretation of these historical facts and displaying the strong links of biblical to postbiblical texts and interpretations." You can read more of the review here. You can also find a list of the contents of the book here (Eisenbrauns, link updated Jan 3.)