The article endorses the view that the royal decrees for the Jerusalem temple inserted in Ezra-Nehemiah (and First Esdras) are not genuine, and explores the historical conditions in which they were composed. It points to similarities between the topical content of Antiochus III’s decree issued in 200/198 BCE (Josephus, Ant. 12.138–144) and that of the Persian decrees, and argues that the latter were based on the former. They were composed in the context of the Maccabean crisis, when it was claimed that Jason cancelled the privileges (political and fiscal) which Antiochus had granted (2 Macc 4:7–15), as a legitimizing precedent to Antiochus’ decree. Moreover, the Persian decrees were used to explore the economic aspect of the relationship between the local community and imperial ruler in Hellenistic times (taxes and euergetism), and to provide a template for he ideal (Hellenistic) imperial king.

文章赞同以斯拉-尼希米（和埃斯德拉前书）中插入的耶路撒冷圣殿皇家法令不真实的观点，并探讨了这些法令的组成历史条件。它指出了公元前200/198年颁布的安条克三世法令的主题内容之间的相似之处（约瑟夫斯，蚂蚁。12.138-144）和波斯法令的规定，并认为后者是基于前者。它们是在马加比危机的背景下组成的，当时据称贾森取消了安条克授予的特权（政治和财政）（2 Macc 4:7-15），作为安条克法令的合法先例。此外，波斯法令被用来探索希腊化时代当地社区与帝国统治者之间关系的经济方面（税收和euergetism），并为理想的（希腊化）帝王提供模板。