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

• Autore: Cataldo Jeremiah W
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : T&T Clark International, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 933/.03
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Yehud (Persian province) History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A theocratic Yehud
• ISBN: 1-283-20048-1; 9786613200488; 0-567-54223-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461835703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 498.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies.