Zadok's Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel - Couverture rigide

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Rooke, Deborah W.

 
9780198269984: Zadok's Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198269986 ISBN 13 : 9780198269984
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 2000

Synopsis

This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Dr Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revolt does the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation. However, even the Maccabean / Hasmonaean high priesthood was effectively a reversion to the monarchic model of sacral kingship which had existed several centuries earlier in the pre-exilic period, rather than being an extension of the powers of the high priesthood itself. The idea that high priesthood per se bestowed the power to rule should therefore be reconsidered.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Dr Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revolt does the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation. However, even the Maccabean / Hasmonaean high priesthood was effectively a reversion to the monarchic model of sacral kingship which had existed several centuries earlier in the pre-exilic period, rather than being an extension of the powers of the high priesthood itself. The idea that high priesthood per se bestowed the power to rule should therefore be reconsidered.

Revue de presse

A timely reminder that traditional methods of scholarship have much to offer ... This mature work well repays a careful reading (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament)

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198269986
ISBN 13 
9780198269984
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
404
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