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adj. - Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity).

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  • Shelomith was the daughter of Zerubbabel, a governor (c. 520 – 510 b.c.e.) of the postexilic province of Yehud.
  • Although it is certainly possible to envision a woman like Huldah as a temple prophet in the time of Josiah, some scholars suggest that this narrative segment is the literary...
  • Accepting the analogy implied in his guest's parable which examples of postexilic eminence did he adduce?
  • Accepting the analogy implied in his guest’s parable which examples of postexilic eminence did he adduce?
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