1. Foundations of Torah Judaism

1.1. Torah as Law

1.1.1. The Mission of Ezra. Ezra 7:1-28

1.1.2. Public reading of Torah. Nehemiah 7:73-8:8

1.2. Ban on Intermarriage

1.2.1. The expulsion of foreign wives. Ezra 9:1-10:4

1.2.1.1 Law of Conquest. Deuteronomy 7:1-6

1.2.1.2 Ammonites and Moabites. Deut 23:3

1.2.1.3 Not like Egypt. Lev 18:3

1.2.1.4 Forbidden Mixtures. Lev 19:19

1.2.1.5 Ruth the Moabitess. Ruth 4

1.2.1.6 Intermarriage and Divorce. Malachi 2:10-16

1.3. Festival Law

1.3.1. Building of Booths. Nehemiah 8:13-18

1.3.1.1 Leviticus 23:40-43

1.4. Beginnings of Sectarianism

1.4.1. Those Who Tremble. Isaiah 66:1-5, 17

1.4.2. Rejection of Jewish “Sinners”. Isaiah 59:1–8

1.4.3. Wicked and the Righteous. Malachi 3-4

1.4.4. Eschatological Universalism. Isaiah 56:1–57:13

1.5. Rereading the Traditions

1.5.1. Manasseh and Josiah

1.5.2. Idealizing Solomon’s Temple. 1 Chronicles 28-29

1.6. The Temple Community

1.6.1. High Priests

1.6.2. Failure of Priests. Malachi 1:6-7; 2:1-3:5

1.7. Festival Edicts

1.7.1. Passover Proclamation. 2 Chronicles 30:1-9

1.7.2. Passover Letter. Elephantine Papyrus

1.7.3. Institution of Purim. Esther 9:20-32

1.8. The Jewish Community at Elephantine, Egypt

1.8.1. Pictures of Elephantine

1.8.2. Passover Letter (see Festival Edicts)

1.8.3. Petition concerning the Elephantine Temple

1.9. Jewish Identity in the Persian period

1.9.1. The Poorest of the Land. 2 Kings 24–25

1.9.2. Those who Remained. Jeremiah 40:7–12

1.9.3. You Shall Have No Part. Ezra 4:1–5

1.9.4. Who was a Jew?