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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808863603321

Autore

Fried Lisbeth S

Titolo

The Priest and the Great King : Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire / / Lisbeth S. Fried

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-57506-550-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : map

Collana

Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego ; ; v. 10.

Disciplina

322/.1/0935

Soggetti

König

Staat (politicologie)

Tempels

Religion

Staatsform

Satrapie

Priester

Politik

Temples

Religion and politics

Politics and government

Religion and politics - Middle East - History - To 1500

Temples - Middle East - History - To 1500

Hochschulschrift

History

Iran Politics and government To 640

Iran Altertum

Middle East

Iran

Iran History To 640

Iran Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-258) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Temple-palace relations in Babylonia -- Temple-palace relations in Egypt -- Temple-palace relations in Asia Minor -- Temple-palace relations in Yehud -- Conclusion -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

The wars that periodically engulfed the Levant in the fourth century temporarily pulled the ruling governors and satraps away from Judah, and during these times, the Judaean priesthood may have capitalized on the brief absence of Persian officials to mint coins, but they achieved their longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees."--Jacket.

"Lisbeth S. Fried's study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees. This was true for Judah as well. The High Priest had no real power; there was no theocracy.