book
Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the
Albertz, Rainer. Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
Why this matters here
Rainer Albertz reconstructs the sixth-century Babylonian exile and its implications for Judean religious texts and community life. The manuscript cites the work for conquest, displacement, and the loss of the Jerusalem temple; its wider argument about moral practices becoming portable is its own.
