Theocratic Yehud? : Issues of Government in a Persian Province.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cataldo, Jeremiah W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2009.
Series:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
Subjects:
To 210
Jews > Politics and government > To 70 A.D.
Judaism and state > Yehud (Persian province)
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Juifs > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 70.
Judaïsme et État > Yehūd (Province perse)
Judaïsme > Histoire > 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Jews > Politics and government
Judaism and state
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Yehud (Persian province) > History.
Asia > Yehud (Persian province)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Evidence and interpretation
  • The face of the Persian Empire and its administration
  • Yahwism and the question of government in Yehud
  • Concepts of theocracy
  • Was Yehud a theocracy?

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