Yedaniah’s Identity as Priest or Layperson and the Rhetoric of the Letter from the Judean Garrison of Elephantine to Bagavahya
Scholars disagree as to whether Yedaniah, the leader of the Judean community of Elephantine at the end of the fifth century BCE, was a priest or layperson. This article argues that the letter from the Judean garrison of Elephantine to Bagavahya (TAD A4.7, 8) is the key to answering this question. Th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
2020
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 139, Issue: 3, Pages: 521-541 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Elephantine
/ Letter
/ Egypt
/ Aramaic language
/ Priest
/ Judaism
/ Early Judaism
/ Jewish literature
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
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