From Joshua to Caiaphas : High Priests after the Exile / James C. VanderKam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

VanderKam, James C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish high priests.

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2004]

Summary:

Customers in North America who wish to purchase this publication, please contact Augsburg Fortress Press . From Joshua To Caiaphas: High Priests After The Exile by James C. VanderKam (John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame) is a comprehensive, 548-page history of the high priests who served in the Second Temple period of Israel and their influence and importance in understanding early Judaism. A masterpiece of scholarship and research, Professor VanderKam writes with a distinctive clarity that allows even the non-specialist general reader to come away with a comprehensive and coherent understanding of Temple Judaism as represented by the fifty-one men who served as high priest from about 515 BCE down to 70CE when the Jerusalem temple was destroyed by the Romans. No Old Testament Studies, Israelite History, or Judaic Studies collection can be considered either comprehensive or complete without the inclusion of this impressive and seminal work. Also very highly recommended are Professor VanderKam's previous contributions: The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994); An Introduction To Early Judaism (2001); The Book Of Jubilees (2001); and The Meaning Of The Dead Sea Scrolls (which was co-authored with Peter Flint, 2002).

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Beginnings

2. High Priests of the Persian Period

3. High Priests in the Early Hellenistic Period

4. The Hasmonean High Priests (152-37 BCE)

5. The High Priests in the Herodian Age (37 BCE to 70 CE)

List of High Priests

Bibliography

Index of Ancient People

Index of Ancient Sources.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: VanderKam From Joshua to Caiaphas

ISBN:

9789004495333

OCLC:

1288217553

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004495333 DOI