IV. Judaism

Literature: Diebner, Bernd J./ Hermann Schult: Thesen zu nach-exili­schen Entwürfen der frühen Geschichte Israels im Alten Testa­ment, in: DBAT 10 (1975) 41-47, reprinted in DBAT 28 (1992/93) 41-46. – Lemche, Niels Peter: The Old Testament – A Hellenistic Book, in: SJOT 7/2 (1993) 163-193. – Neumann, Johannes: Der historische David. Legende und Wirklichkeit in der Geschichte Israels und Judas von der Frühzeit bis zur Dynastie Omri, Radebeul 1997. – ibid.: Historischer Jesus und Altes Testament. Hellenistische Quelle der jüdischen Bibel, Radebeul 2000. – ibid.: Latein in der Genesis, Das Alte Testament – Jüdische Lite­ra­tur aus der Zeit des Herodes und seiner Nachfolger?, in: ibid.: War Jesus Statt­halter von Galiläa?, Radebeul 2009, S. 95-124. – Zuber, Beat: Die “Ge­schichts”-Traditionen der alttestament­lichen Kö­nigs­zeit – z. B. als literarischer Niederschlag einer his­to­ri­schen Aus­ein­andersetzung mit der Herodes-Dyna­stie zu le­sen?, in: Landgabe, FS Jan Heller, Prague 1995, 133-172.

4.0.1.
The traditional narrative about the origins of Old Testament Judaism is closely aligned with the Biblical narrative about

the exodus from Egypt, of David’s great kingdom, of the small Jewish states, the prophets, the Babylonian exile and the return under Cyrus.

Because archaeological confirmation of these narratives is very limited, positions were gradually given up and the Old Testament’s origin was continually shifted to later and later dates.

Supporters of the traditional narrative were keen to maintain the pre-Hellenistic origin of the Old Testament writings, however.

4.0.2.
I support the following opinion about the origin of Old Testament Judaism:

Old Testament Judaism originated in the 1st century AD between Prince Antipas’ reign and the completion of the Old Testament writings after the end of the Jewish rebellion in 70 AD.