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Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

by Deborah W. Rooke (research Fellow In Bible And Music, Oxford Centre For Christianity And Culture, Regent's Park College, University Of Oxford)

  • Hardback
  • 404 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.7 cm

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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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  • Author

    Deborah W. Rooke (research Fellow In Bible And Music, Oxford Centre For Christianity And Culture, Regent's Park College, University Of Oxford)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 2000

  • Weight

    659g

  • Page Count

    404

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198269984

  • ISBN-10

    0198269986

  • Eden Code

    1147239

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