Inter-Levitical Polemics in the late 6th century BCE: The Evidence from Nehemiah 9
The Levitical prayer in Nehemiah 9 contributes to the gola-ideology running throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, but scholars have generally recognized that its compositional origins are to be connected to the Homeland communities of the exilic or early Persian periods. The present study identifies features in...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2014
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Biblica
Jahr: 2014, Band: 95, Heft: 2, Seiten: 269-279 |
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Nehemiah 9
B Inter-Levitical Polemics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Levitical prayer in Nehemiah 9 contributes to the gola-ideology running throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, but scholars have generally recognized that its compositional origins are to be connected to the Homeland communities of the exilic or early Persian periods. The present study identifies features in the prayer which suggest that its authors were Levites associated with the Homeland communities and that these authors crafted the prayer in response to the exclusive and elitist ideology of the gola groups. The prayer testifies to tensions within Levite circles well into the Persian period and possibly even beyond. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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