1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000030447

Autore

Lockyer, Roger

Titolo

Tudor and Stuart Britain : 1471-1714 / Roger Lockyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow (England) : Longman, 1985

ISBN

0-582-35308-4

Edizione

[2. ed]

Descrizione fisica

IX, 482 p. ; 22 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461835703321

Autore

Cataldo Jeremiah W

Titolo

A theocratic Yehud? [[electronic resource] ] : issues of government in a Persian period / / Jeremiah W. Cataldo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : T&T Clark International, c2009

ISBN

1-283-20048-1

9786613200488

0-567-54223-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

The library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 498

Disciplina

933/.03

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

Yehud (Persian province) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-211) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

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 Yehud. The problem, in part, is due to the immediate association of priests assumed to be authoritative with that of a theocratic governing structure. To address this problem, at least three aspects of Yehud's governing structure(s) require further attention: (1) the social implications of a particular