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

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Deborah W. Rooke (Research Fellow in Bible and Music, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)

Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

Deborah W. Rooke (Research Fellow in Bible and Music, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
31 August 2012

Middle Eastern history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies

Series: Oxford Theological Monographs

This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Deborah Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revolt does the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation. However, even the Maccabean / Hasmonaean high priesthood was effectively a reversion to the monarchic model of sacral kingship which had existed several centuries earlier in the pre-exilic period, rather than being an extension of the powers of the high priesthood itself. The idea that high priesthood per se bestowed the power to rule should therefore be reconsidered.

By: Deborah W. Rooke (Research Fellow in Bible and Music Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture Regent's Park College University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9780199661114
ISBN 10: 0199661111
Series: Oxford Theological Monographs
Pages: 404
Publication Date: 31 August 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

`Deborah Rooke offers detailed and carefully ordered investigations of a wide range of primary source materials ... Her comprehension of this vast array of writings, her familiarity with the secondary literature about them and the erudition she so often displays make this a truly remarkable book, not least for the amount and quality of the information it has to offer ... This is a book which no student of the Jewish priesthood can afford to ignore.' Robert Hayward, Biblical Interpretation