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Synopsis
The letter from a King Artaxerxes to Ezra recounted in Ezra 7 is interpreted against the background of royal Hellenistic foundations and gifts. The euergetism rooted in the Hellenistic kingly ideology cannot be shown for the Persian royal ideology. Thus, Ezra 7 probably belongs into (early) Hellenistic times. This has consequences firstly for the understanding of the letter as an historical document, but then also for those historical models which seek to explain the genesis of the Torah principally from Ezra 7.
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Das in Esr 7 uberlieferte Schreiben eines Konigs Artaxerxes an Esra wird vor dem Hintergrund koniglicher hellenistischer Stiftungen und Schenkungen interpretiert. Es zeigt sich, dass sich der in der hellenistischen Konigsideologie verankerte Euergetismus nicht fur die persische Konigsideologie nachweisen lasst. Mit Esr 7 ist daher wahrscheinlich bereits (fruh-)hellenistischer Boden betreten. Hieraus ergeben sich zunachst Konsequenzen fur das Verstandnis des Schreibens als historische Quelle, dann aber auch fur diejenigen historischen Modelle, die die Entstehung der Tora mageblich aus Esr 7 zu erklaren suchen.
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