ISBN:
9789004292222
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 327 pages)
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Diagramme
Year of publication:
2015
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Volume 169
Series Statement:
Brill Biblical studies, Ancient Near East and early Christianity e-books online$acollection 2015
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
Journal for the study of Judaism Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Anne Empire, power, and indigenous elites
Keywords:
Nehemiah
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Nehemiah
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Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Bible
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586 B.C. - 210 A.D
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Judaism and state
;
Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
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Bible Nehemiah
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Judaism History
;
Post-exilic period, 586 BC-210 AD
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Judaism and state Yehud (Persian province)
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Yehud (Persian province) Kings and rulers
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Nehemiah (Governor of Judah)
;
Judaism and state
;
Judaism ; Post-exilic period (Judaism)
;
Kings and rulers
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
;
Yehud (Persian province) Kings and rulers
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Asia ; Yehud (Persian province)
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Electronic books
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Bibel Nehemia
;
Zeithintergrund
;
Judäa
;
Elite
;
Regierung
;
Iran
;
Geschichte 539 v. Chr.-433 v. Chr.
;
Bibel Nehemia
;
Kontext
;
Israel
;
Iran
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Near Eastern Empires and Indigenous Elites: Rethinking Ancient Empire -- 2 Judah on the Eve of Persian Rule -- 3 Persian Practices in Transeuphratene: The Wider Context of Nehemiah’s Rule -- 4 Territories and Populations: Dealing with Diversity -- 5 Regions Closer to Yehud under Persian Rule: Indigenous Elites in Lycia, Phoenicia, Arabia and Samaria -- 6 Local Politics in Achaemenid Yehud Prior to Nehemiah -- 7 Nehemiah and Local Politics: The Later Achaemenid Period -- 8 Nehemiah’s Use of ‘Law’ in Controlling His Opponents -- 9 The Basis of Nehemiah’s Lawmaking -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Texts.
Abstract:
Ancient Near Eastern empires, including Assyria, Babylon and Persia, frequently permitted local rulers to remain in power. The roles of the indigenous elites reflected in the Nehemiah Memoir can be compared to those encountered elsewhere. Nehemiah was an imperial appointee, likely of a military/administrative background, whose mission was to establish a birta in Jerusalem, thereby limiting the power of local elites. As a loyal servant of Persia, Nehemiah brought to his mission a certain amount of ethnic/cultic colouring seen in certain aspects of his activities in Jerusalem, in particular in his use of Mosaic authority (but not of specific Mosaic laws). Nehemiah appealed to ancient Jerusalemite traditions in order to eliminate opposition to him from powerful local elite networks
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Near Eastern Empires and Indigenous Elites: Rethinking Ancient Empire; Chapter 2 Judah on the Eve of Persian Rule; Chapter 3 Persian Practices in Transeuphratene: The Wider Context of Nehemiah's Rule; Chapter 4 Territories and Populations: Dealing with Diversity; Chapter 5 Regions Closer to Yehud under Persian Rule: Indigenous Elites in Lycia, Phoenicia, Arabia and Samaria; Chapter 6 Local Politics in Achaemenid Yehud Prior to Nehemiah; Chapter 7 Nehemiah and Local Politics: The Later Achaemenid Period
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8 Nehemiah's Use of 'Law' in Controlling His OpponentsChapter 9 The Basis of Nehemiah's Lawmaking; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Ancient Authors and Texts
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1163/9789004292222
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