Priesthood, cult, and temple in the Aramaic scrolls from Qumran: analyzing a pre-Hasmonean Jewish literary tradition

The Hellenistic period was a pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish priesthood. The waning days of the Persian empire coincided with the continued ascendance of the high priest and Jerusalem temple as powerful political, cultural, and religious institutions in Judea. The Aramaic Scrolls from Qu...

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Main Author: Jones, Robert E. (Author)
Corporate Author: McMaster University (Degree granting institution)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2023]
In: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah (145)
Year: 2023
Series/Journal:Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah 145
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B History / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / High priest / Judaism
B Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Priest / History 586 BC-70
B Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Aramaic language / Priest / Cult / Temple (Jerusalem)
Further subjects:B Dead Sea Scrolls Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Jewish high priests
B Jewish literature History and criticism
B Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) In literature
B Qumran community History
B Jews History 586 B.C.-70 A.D
B Priests, Jewish, in literature
B Priests, Jewish History
B Thesis
B Aramaic literature Jewish authors History and criticism
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Summary:The Hellenistic period was a pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish priesthood. The waning days of the Persian empire coincided with the continued ascendance of the high priest and Jerusalem temple as powerful political, cultural, and religious institutions in Judea. The Aramaic Scrolls from Qumran, only recently published in full, testify to the existence of a flourishing but previously unknown Jewish literary tradition dating from the end of Persian rule to the rise of the Hasmoneans. Throughout this book, Robert Jones analyzes how Israel’s priestly institutions are represented in these writings, and he demonstrates that they are essential for understanding the Jewish priesthood at this crucial stage in its history
ISBN:9004546162
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004546165