A Theocratic Yehud?
Issues of Government in a Persian Province
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 governing structure within a society; (2) the deve…
Mehr
CHF 41.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-567-54223-6
- EAN: 9780567542236
- Produktnummer: 29845863
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'449 KB
Über den Autor
Jeremiah Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA.
14 weitere Werke von Jeremiah W. Cataldo:
Bewertungen
Anmelden