The Judeans of Elephantine : an examination of the Elephantine communities in Egypt during the Persian period

Abstract

The central question of this thesis is to determine the underlying reasons behind the destruction of the temple of Yahu in Elephantine. I intend to bring together an examination of the Judean community in the Egyptian context as we can speculate from the papyri and archaeology and as it is presented in the scholarship. I hope to present a greater understanding of the Yahu communities of Elephantine.