A Kingdom of Priests : Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism.
Himmelfarb, Martha.
A Kingdom of Priests : Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (279 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Priest and Scribe: Ancestry and Professional Skill in the Book of the Watchers, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and Aramaic Levi -- 2 Jubilees' Kingdom of Priests -- 3 Priesthood and Purity Laws: The Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document -- 4 Priesthood and Sectarianism: The Rule of the Community, the Damascus Document, and the Book of Revelation -- 5 Priesthood and Allegory: Philo and Alexandrian Judaism -- 6 'The Children of Abraham Your Friend": The End of Priesthood, the Rise of Christianity, and the Neutralization of Jewish Sectarianism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Considers a range of texts--including the Book of Watchers, Book of Jubilees, legal documents from the Dead Sea scrolls, writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation--to explore the tensions inherent in Second Temple Judaism's emphasis on ancestry as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel.
9780812202274
Dead Sea scrolls.
Priests, Jewish-History.
Holiness-Judaism.
Judaism-History-Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Apocryphal books-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
BM651 -- .H56 2006eb
296.4/95
A Kingdom of Priests : Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (279 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Priest and Scribe: Ancestry and Professional Skill in the Book of the Watchers, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and Aramaic Levi -- 2 Jubilees' Kingdom of Priests -- 3 Priesthood and Purity Laws: The Temple Scroll and the Damascus Document -- 4 Priesthood and Sectarianism: The Rule of the Community, the Damascus Document, and the Book of Revelation -- 5 Priesthood and Allegory: Philo and Alexandrian Judaism -- 6 'The Children of Abraham Your Friend": The End of Priesthood, the Rise of Christianity, and the Neutralization of Jewish Sectarianism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Considers a range of texts--including the Book of Watchers, Book of Jubilees, legal documents from the Dead Sea scrolls, writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation--to explore the tensions inherent in Second Temple Judaism's emphasis on ancestry as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel.
9780812202274
Dead Sea scrolls.
Priests, Jewish-History.
Holiness-Judaism.
Judaism-History-Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Apocryphal books-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
BM651 -- .H56 2006eb
296.4/95