Centrality practiced
Subtitle: Jerusalem in the religious practice of Yehud and the diaspora during the Persian period
By: by Melody D. Knowles.
Series: Archaeology and biblical studies ;; no. 16; Archaeology and biblical studies (Brill Academic Publishers) ;; no. 16.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004137752
Subjects: Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) -- History; Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Judaism -- Liturgy -- History -- To 1500; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Worship in the Bible; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Yehud (Persian province); Jerusalem -- History -- To 1500; Yehud (Persian province) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Centrality and religious practice; title: The centralities of Yahwistic animal sacrifice; title: Centrality and the religious use of incense and figurines : the geographic protocols of non-sacrificial worship; title: Jerusalem as a pilgrimage center in the Persian period; title: Centrality through economics : paying taxes and tithes in Jerusalem; title: The palimpsest of Jerusalem's centrality.