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

by Deborah W. Rooke

Overview

This unique study is the first in-depth examination of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period up to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Deborah Rooke offers fresh insights about the nature of the high priesthood and challenges traditional scholarly approaches to the topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198269984
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/25/2000
Series:	Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

IntroductionI: Towards an Understanding of High Priesthood1. High Priesthood According to the Priestly WriterII: High Priesthood to the End of Exile2. High Priesthood in the Deuteronomistic History3. Mysterious Melchizedek4. Ezekiel: A Vision of Hierocracy? Part II: SummaryIII: High Priesthood in the Persian Period5. High-Priestly Power in Haggai and Zechariah 1-86. Ezra and Nehemiah: The High Priesthood in Fifth-Century Judah7. The Elephantine Papyri8. High Priesthood in the Books of Chronicles9. After the Canon: the Later Persian PeriodPart III: SummaryIV: High Priesthood from Alexander to Pompey10. The Hidden Years: High Priesthood under the Ptolemies11. The Maccabean Conquest: Jonathan and Simon the Maccabees12. The Hasmonean Dynasty: John Hyrcanus and his SuccessorsPart IV: SummaryConclusion