A kingdom of priests : ancestry and merit in ancient Judaism /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
Dead Sea scrolls.
Dead Sea scrolls
Qumrantexte
Bibel > Altes Testament > Apokryphen
586 B.C. - 210 A.D.
Priests, Jewish > History.
Holiness > Judaism.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Apocryphal books > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prêtres juifs > Histoire.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Apocryphes > Critique, interprétation, etc.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Apocryphal books
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Priests, Jewish
Priesterschap.
Joden.
Priester > israelitischer.
Identität > Juden > Geschichte Altertum.
Judentum > Geschichte Altertum.
Priester > Frühjüdische Literatur.
Heiligkeit > Apokryphen (Altes Testament)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Priest and scribe : ancestry and professional skill in the Book of the watchers, the wisdom of Ben Sira, and Aramaic Levi
  • 2. Jubilees' kingdom of priests
  • 3. Priesthood and purity laws : the Temple scroll and the Damascus Document
  • 4. Priesthood and sectarianism : the Rule of the community, the Damascus Document, and the book of Revelation
  • 5. Priesthood and allegory : Philo and Alexandrian Judaism
  • 6. "The children of Abraham your friend" : the end of priesthood, the rise of Christianity, and the neutralization of Jewish sectarianism.

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