Zadok's Heirs
Subtitle: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel (Oxford Theological Monographs)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780198269984
Subjects: Ancient Near East; History of religion; Religion; Religion - Judaism; Ancient World; Israel; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; Judaism - History; Bible; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Jewish high priests; Judaism; O.T; To 70 A.D
Description: This 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.