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Record Nr.

UNISA996248229203316

Titolo

Levites and priests in biblical history and tradition / / edited by Mark Leuchter and Jeremy M. Hutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011

ISBN

1-58983-606-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 257 p. )

Collana

Ancient Israel and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; ; no. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

LeuchterMark

HuttonJeremy Michael

Disciplina

296.4/95

Soggetti

Priests, Jewish - History

Priests, Jewish - Biblical teaching

Levites

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The present volume emerged from the papers presented at the Society of Biblical Literature meetings in New Orleans (2009) and Atlanta (2010) in a newly formed program unit entitled 'Priests and Levites in History and Tradition'"--P. 5.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Covenant priesthood : cross-cultural legal and religious aspects of biblical and Hittite priesthood / Ada Taggar-Cohen -- Who is sacrificing at Shiloh? : the priesthoods of ancient Israel's regional sanctuaries / Susan Ackerman -- The Levite diaspora (II) : modern perspectives on the Levitical cities lists (a review of opinions) / Jeremy M. Hutton -- The social status of priestly and Levite women / Sarah Shectman -- The violent origins of the Levites : text and tradition / Joel S. Baden -- Between shadow and substance : the historical relationship of tabernacle and temple in light of architecture and iconography / Cory D. Crawford -- What do the "Levites in your gates" have to do with the "Levitical priests"? : an attempt at European-North American dialogue on the Levites in the Deuteronomic law corpus / Peter Atmann -- Those stubborn Levites : overcoming Levitical disenfranchisement / Stephen L. Cook -- Middle-tier Levites and the plenary reception of



revelation / Mark A. Christian -- The cultic status of the Levites in the Temple Scroll : between history and hermeneutics / Jeffrey Stackert -- From Levite to maśkîl in the Persian and Hellenistic eras / Mark Leuchter.