| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego ; v. 10
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Biblical and Judaic studies ; v. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and indexes. |
| Summary |
Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees, and this was true for Judah as well. The Judean priesthood achieved its longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees. |
| Contents |
""Front Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Temples -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Temples. |
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Middle East. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500.
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Religion and politics. |
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Iran -- Politics and government.
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Iran. |
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Politics and government. |
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Iran -- History -- To 640.
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| Chronological Term |
To 640 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fried, Lisbeth S. Priest and the great king. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2004 (DLC) 2004009806 |
| ISBN |
9781575065502 (electronic book) |
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1575065509 (electronic book) |
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1575060906 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781575060903 |
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