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A New World of Good and Evil
How did the postexilic religious world reorganize divine agency, evil, death, and heaven without surrendering Yahweh’s sovereignty?
Part III — Gods and Kingdoms
How was heaven reorganized?
How did the postexilic religious world reorganize divine agency, evil, death, and heaven without surrendering Yahweh’s sovereignty?
Under Persian rule, Judeans returned to a changed world. Angels, adversarial powers, death, resurrection, and cosmic conflict were increasingly reorganized within Yahweh’s universal rule.
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