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A theocratic Yehud? : issues of government in a Persian period /
Among the variety of social-political reconstructions of Persian-period Yehud, one consensus stands out - one which states that the Jerusalem priesthood enjoyed a prominent level of authority, symbolized in the Jerusalem temple. Unfortunately, this leads easily into conclusions of a theocracy in Yeh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
T & T Clark International,
©2009.
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| Colección: | T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 498. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Among the variety of social-political reconstructions of Persian-period Yehud, one consensus stands out - one which states that the Jerusalem priesthood enjoyed a prominent level of authority, symbolized in the Jerusalem temple. Unfortunately, this leads easily into conclusions of a theocracy in Yehud. The problem, in part, is due to the immediate association of priests assumed to be authoritative with that of a theocratic governing structure. To address this problem, at least three aspects of Yehud's governing structure(s) require further attention: (1) the social implications of a particular. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780567599346 0567599345 9780567542236 0567542238 1283200481 9781283200486 0567692043 9780567692047 9786613200488 6613200484 |