The Jewish high priesthood for sale: farming out temples in the Hellenistic Near East
During a period of turmoil in Jerusalem, c. 175-145 BCE, Antiochus IV and his successors repeatedly sold the Jewish high priesthood rather than observing the customary hereditary succession. According to 2 Macc. 11:1-3, the Seleucid governor intended to institute an annual sale, so that the temple w...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool University Press
[2016]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-35 |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HD Early Judaism TB Antiquity |
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Temple
B Babylonia B Ptolemaic dynasty, 305 B.C.-30 B.C B Rabbinic Judaism B Priesthood B Jerusalem B Egypt |
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