Zadok''s Heirs - The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

Zusatztext A timely reminder that traditional methods of scholarship have much to offer ... This mature work well repays a careful reading Klappentext This unique study is the first in-depth examination of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period up to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Deborah Rooke offers fresh insights about the nature of the high priesthood and challenges traditional scholarly approaches to the topic. Zusammenfassung This study of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE, discusses material from the Old Testament and Apocrypha, together with contemporary documents and coins.

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• Authors: Deborah W Rooke, Deborah W. Rooke, Deborah W. (Research Fellow in Bible and Mu Rooke, Rooke Deborah W.
• Assisted by: Deborah W Rooke (Editor), Deborah W. Rooke (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780198269984
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826998-4
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Oxford Theological Monographs; Oxford Theological Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Israel, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies