Legacies of Ancient Persia

Dr. Konrad Schmid, a professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich, joins Lexie to discuss the historical and cultural context of the Hebrew Bible, its formation, the polytheistic to monotheistic transition, and its interactions with ancient Near Eastern empires including Assyria, Babylon, and Persia, and the impact of Persian governance and tolerance on Hebrew thought and texts. We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you like what you hear, please give our show a 5-star rating, and review us on Apple or Spotify. Don't forget to follow the Pourdavoud Institute on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Bluesky or visit our website www.pourdavoud.ucla.edu! Learn more about Dr. Schmid: https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/en/faecher/old_testament/hebrewbible_and_ancientjudaism/team/schmid.html Check out his publications on Academia: https://uzh.academia.edu/KonradSchmid Watch the video of his Achaemenid Workshop 3 talk: https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/media/videos/reactions-to-the-achaemenid-empire-in-the-contemporaneous-literature-of-the-hebrew-bible/ Recorded & edited by Lexie Henning, original music by Brent Arehart, and artwork by Hadley Leasman.