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Missing priests : the Zadokites in tradition and history /
Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one such priesthood, the Zadokites. Traditional scholarship assumes the dominance of a Zadokite priesthood fro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
T & T Clark,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
452. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one such priesthood, the Zadokites. Traditional scholarship assumes the dominance of a Zadokite priesthood from a united monarchy until the time of the Hasmoneans. The thesis of this study is that references to the "sons of Zadok" in ancient texts reflect the sectarian nature of the Second Temple period. The extent to which modern scholarship has magnified the Zadokites as the dominant priestly in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567594549 0567594548 1283271192 9781283271196 |