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Zadok's heirs : the role and development of the High Priesthood in ancient Israel

Title
  1. Zadok's heirs : the role and development of the High Priesthood in ancient Israel / Deborah W. Rooke.
Published by
  1. Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Author
  1. Rooke, Deborah W.

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Description
  1. xiii, 386 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonean priest-kings in the first century B.C.E. Dr. Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revolt does the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Series statement
  1. Oxford theological monographs
Uniform title
  1. Oxford theological monographs.
Alternative title
  1. Role and development of the High Priesthood in ancient Israel
Subject
  1. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  2. Bible
  3. To 70
  4. Jewish high priests > History
  5. Judaism > History > To 70 A.D
  6. Priests, Jewish > History
  7. 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament
  8. Priests, Jewish
  9. Jewish high priests
  10. Judaism
  11. Hoherpriester
  12. Hogepriesters
  13. Jodendom
  14. Oude Testament
  15. Oudheid
  16. Priesthood > Biblical teaching
  17. Israel Altertum
  18. Israel <Altertum>
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History
Contents
  1. High priesthood according to the Priestly writer -- High priesthood in the Deuteronomistic history -- Mysterious Melchizedek -- Ezekiel: a vision of hierocracy? -- High-priestly power in Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 -- Ezra and Nehemiah: the high priesthood in fifth-century Judah -- The Elephantine papyri -- High priesthood in the books of Chronicles -- After the canon: the later Persian period -- The hidden years: high priesthood under the Ptolemies -- The Maccabean conquest: Jonathan and Simon the Maccabees -- The Hasmonean dynasty: John Hyrcanus and his successors.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Revision of a doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Oxford in 1996.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-353) and indexes.