A Reconstruction of the Judean Restoration Author(s): Frank Moore Cross Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 94, No. 1 (Mar., 1975), pp. 4-18 Published by: The Society of Biblical Literature Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3266031 . Accessed: 06/04/2012 11:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The Society of Biblical Literature is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Biblical Literature. http://www.jstor.org A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JUDEAN RESTORATION* FRANK MOORE CROSS HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138 THE literaturedealing with the fifth and fourth centuries in Palestine ap- pears to expand by geometric progression. I think it is fair to say, how- ever, that little progress has been made in solving the hard problems in the history of the Restoration since the assimilation of new evidence from the Elephantinepapyri published in 1911.1 If one comparesthe review of literature on the date of Ezra's mission by H. H. Rowley published in 19482 and the review by Ulrich Kellermannin 1968,3 one comes away disappointed;a genera- tion of researchhas added at best a few plausible speculations,4but little, if any, hard new evidence.