A kingdom of priests : ancestry and merit in ancient Judaism /
"According to the account in the Book of Exodus, God addresses the children of Israel as they stand before Mt. Sinai with the words, "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (19:6). The sentence, Martha Himmelfarb observes, is paradoxical, for priests are by definit...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2006.
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Collection: | Jewish culture and contexts.
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