Centrality practiced : Jerusalem in the religious practice of Yehud and the Diaspora in the Persian period / Melody D. Knowles.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Knowles, Melody D.

Series:

Archaeology and biblical studies (Brill Academic Publishers) ; no. 16.

Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--History.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Judaism--Liturgy.

History.

Jerusalem--History--To 1500.

Jerusalem.

Judaism--Liturgy--History--To 1500.

Judaism.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Worship in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Yehud (Persian province)--Antiquities.

Yehud (Persian province).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Yehud (Persian province).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

vii, 181 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Summary:

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Contents:

Centrality and religious practice

The centralities of Yahwistic animal sacrifice

Centrality and the religious use of incense and figurines: the geographic protocols of non-sacrificial worship

Jerusalem as a pilgrimage center in the Persian period

Centrality through economics: paying taxes and tithes in Jerusalem

The palimpsest of Jerusalem's centrality.

Notes:

Extensively revised version of dissertation (doctoral) entitled "The centrality of the Jerusalem Temple in the religious practice of Yehud in the Persian period"--Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-159) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004137750

9789004137752

OCLC:

60188724