Benedikt Hensel conducts research in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Zurich. He holds a PhD (2011) and habilitation (2016) in Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz/Germany. From 2020–2021 he was Visiting Interim Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism, University of Zurich.Ehud Ben Zvi is a Professor Emeritus in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

• Table of Contents Introduction Edom and Idumea in the Persian Period: An Introduction to the Volume Benedikt Hensel Part I: Overviews 1. The Complexity of a Site: “Edom” in Persian Period from the Perspectives of Historical Research, Hebrew Bible Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies  Benedikt Hensel 2. Edom in the Persian Period, Relations with the Negev, and the Arabian Trade: The Archaeological Evidence Piotr Bienkowski 3. The Genesis of Idumea Yigal Levin 4. The Evolution of an Edomite/Idumean Identity: Hellenistic Maresha as a Case Study Ian Stern Part II: Case Studies – Idumea and Judah 5. Edom in Judah: Identity and Social  Entanglement in the Late Iron Age Negev Andrew J. Danielson 6. Dry Climate During the Early Persian Period and Its Impact on the Establishment of Idumea Dafna Langgut,Oded Lipschits 7. A Tale of Two Provinces: Judah and Edom During the Persian Period Alexander Fantalkin,Oren Tal Part II: Case Studies – Edom and Idumea: Sites and Artifacts 8. Idumean in Light of the Votive Deposits of Terracotta Figurines Adi Erlich 9. A Monumental Hellenistic-Period Ritual Compound in Upper Idumea: New Findings from Ḥorbat ʿAmuda  Michal Haber,Oren Gutfeld,Pablo Betzer Part II: Case Studies – Edom and Idumea from Epigraphic and Literary Sources 10. Edom in the Nabonidus Chronicle: A Land Conquered or a Vassal Defended? A Reappraisal of the Annexation of North Arabia by the Late Babylonian Empire  Hanspeter Schaudig 11. Have There Been Prophets in Edom? An Ostracon from Ḥorvat ‘Uza Once More Bob Becking 12. Economic and Administrative Realia of Rural Idumea at the End of the Persian Period Diana V. Edelman 13. The Aramaic Divination Texts  Esther Eshel,Michael Langlois,Mark GellerPart III: Literary Constructions of “Edom”: The Hebrew Bible Traditions 14. Edom as a Complex Site of Memory among the Literati of Late Persian/early Hellenistic Judah: Some Observations Ehud Ben Zvi 15. Think Positive! How the Positive Portrayal of Edom in Late Biblical Texts Leads to New Perspectives on Understanding the Literary History of Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Chronicles Benedikt Hensel 16. The “Edom Texts” in Samuel–Kings in Inner- and Extrabiblical Perspective Stephen Germany 17. Late Historical Edom and Reading Edom, Seir, and Esau in the Prophetic Literature through Persian Lenses: Preliminary Observations  Diana V. Edelman 18. The Contribution of Chronicles to the Memory Argument about Edom as Reflected in the Core Repertoire of the Yehudite Literati of the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period Ehud Ben Zvi Index of Sources Benedikt Hensel,Ehud Ben Zvi,Diana V. EdelmanIndex of Authors449-456Benedikt Hensel,Ehud Ben Zvi,Diana V. EdelmanFREESubject Index457-470Benedikt Hensel,Ehud Ben Zvi,Diana V. Edelman