I. Palestinian Judaism

· Little known; Josephus the main source

· priests the focal point of Jewish power

Ø Joshua (Haggai, Zechariah)

Ø Joiakim

Ø Eliashab (time of Nehemiah)

Ø Joiada

Ø Johanan (mentioned in Elephantine Papyri)

Ø Jaddua (legend of him meeting Alexander the Great)

· Tobit perhaps written in this period

II. Egyptian Judaism

· Origins go back at least to Babylonian captivity and the time of Jeremiah (ca 586BC)

· Temple at Elephantine, probably dating back to the 6^th century BC, with sacrifices and all

· Also a Jewish military colony on that island

· Temple destroyed in 410BC by competitive Egyptian priests

· Temple probably rebuilt thereafter

· Elephantine papyri

Ø in Aramaic

Ø oldest Jewish texts we have outside of O.T.

Ø indicate Jewish worship at time was syncretistic

Ø oldest version of story of Ahiqar

III. Persian/Babylonian Judaism (it continues)