Contextualizing Priestly Roles in the Formative Years of Jerusalem's Second Temple
The Persian-era Judean Temple compound included a self-administered community of functionaries, and its priests demonstrated departures from those that were described in the earlier Temple. Babylonian temples in the Persian period, I suggest, offer us a meaningful context in which to situate some of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters
2023
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Biblica
Year: 2023, Volume: 104, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-194 |
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Summary: | The Persian-era Judean Temple compound included a self-administered community of functionaries, and its priests demonstrated departures from those that were described in the earlier Temple. Babylonian temples in the Persian period, I suggest, offer us a meaningful context in which to situate some of the unique features of these priests, among other officials as described in Ezra-Nehemiah. The roles of the priests during the formative period of the Jerusalem Temple saw an evolution that may have been informed by priestly roles in the Persian Empire. |
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ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.104.2.3292023 |