Zadok's Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

by Deborah W. Rooke

Book Overview

This unique study is the first in-depth examination of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period up to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Deborah Rooke offers fresh insights about the nature of the high priesthood and challenges traditional scholarly approaches to the topic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198269986
• ISBN13: 9780198269984
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"