The Priest and the Great King: Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire

by Lisbeth S. Fried

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575060906
• ISBN13: 9781575060903
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 264 Pages