The Priest and the Great King : Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire
| Author/creator |
Fried, Lisbeth S. Author |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Warsaw : Eisenbrauns, Incorporated |
| Description | xiii + 248 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Biblical and Judaic Studies from the Univ. of California, San Diego Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004009806 |
| ISBN | 9781575060903 |
| ISBN | 1575060906 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00008726 |
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