Jeremiah W. Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA.

The study is thoroughly researched in the fields of cultural theory as well as in biblical scholarship such as that of Blenkinsopp and is logically constructed; it deserves careful reading.

• Preface AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Problems of Revelation, Ritualization, Contradiction, and Law’s Dependence Upon Them2. Restoration in Haggai-Zechariah as Dependent Upon Difference 3. The Role of Exclusion in Monotheistic Law4. Constructivism as a Consequence of Exile5. Differentiating Exiles6. Returning to the Centrality of ReligionConclusionBibliographyIndexes

Jeremiah W. Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA.

The study is thoroughly researched in the fields of cultural theory as well as in biblical scholarship such as that of Blenkinsopp and is logically constructed; it deserves careful reading.

• Preface AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Problems of Revelation, Ritualization, Contradiction, and Law’s Dependence Upon Them2. Restoration in Haggai-Zechariah as Dependent Upon Difference 3. The Role of Exclusion in Monotheistic Law4. Constructivism as a Consequence of Exile5. Differentiating Exiles6. Returning to the Centrality of ReligionConclusionBibliographyIndexes

Jeremiah W. Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA.

The study is thoroughly researched in the fields of cultural theory as well as in biblical scholarship such as that of Blenkinsopp and is logically constructed; it deserves careful reading.

• Preface AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Problems of Revelation, Ritualization, Contradiction, and Law’s Dependence Upon Them2. Restoration in Haggai-Zechariah as Dependent Upon Difference 3. The Role of Exclusion in Monotheistic Law4. Constructivism as a Consequence of Exile5. Differentiating Exiles6. Returning to the Centrality of ReligionConclusionBibliographyIndexes