Land and temple : field sacralization and the Agrarian priesthood of Second Temple Judaism / Benjamin D. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Benjamin D. (Benjamin Davis), 1977- author.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 87.

Studia Judaica, 0585-5306 ; Band 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Land tenure.

Sacred space--Social aspects.

Sacred space.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

viii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]

Summary:

"This exploration of the Judean priesthood's role in agricultural cultivation demonstrates that the institutional reach of Second Temple Judaism (516 BCE-70 CE) went far beyond the confines of its houses of worship, while revealing an unfamiliar aspect of sacred place-making in the ancient Jewish experience. Temples of the ancient world regularly held assets in land, often naming a patron deity as landowner and affording the land sanctity protections. Such arrangements can provide essential background to the Hebrew Bible's assertion that God is the owner of the land of Israel. They can also shed light on references in early Jewish literature to the sacred landholdings of the priesthood or the temple." --Back Cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Field consecrations in Leviticus

The sacred reserve of Yahweh in Ezekiel's temple vision

Hellenistic rulers, Jewish temples, and sacred land

Field consecrations in the Late Second Temple Period

Herem property and landholding by priests in the Late Second Temple period

An allusion to a sacred tree in Paul's Letter to the Romans

Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-268) and indexes.

Other Format:

PDF

ePub

ISBN:

9783110425468

3110425467

OCLC:

1152212566

Publisher Number:

9783110425468