| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : map |
| 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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| Contents |
""Front Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Bibliography""; ""Indexes""; ""Back Cover"" |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and indexes |
| Notes |
Some text in Ancient Greek and Aramaic |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Temples -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500
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Religion and politics -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Politics and government
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Religion and politics
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Temples
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Politik
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Priester
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Satrapie
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Staatsform
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Religion
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König
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Tempels.
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Staat (politicologie)
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Religion and politics -- Iran -- To 640.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067909
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Iran -- History -- To 640.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067896
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Iran
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Middle East
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Iran Altertum
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Iran -- Politics and government -- To 640.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Hochschulschrift.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004009806 |
| ISBN |
9781575065502 |
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1575065509 |
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