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Visiting Assistant Professor Jeremiah W. Cataldo - A Theocratic Yehud?: Issues of Government in a Persian Province - 9780567599346 - V9780567599346
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A Theocratic Yehud?: Issues of Government in a Persian Province

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This book offers a fresh re-evaluation of Yehud in the Persian period, addressing in particular the dynamics of its relationship to the Persian imperial government. 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780567599346
SKU
V9780567599346
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About Visiting Assistant Professor Jeremiah W. Cataldo
Jeremiah Cataldo is Associate Professor of History in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, USA.

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