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Book Synopsis Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture by : Céline Debourse
Download or read book Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture written by Céline Debourse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editing and examining source-critically for the first time the Late Babylonian ritual texts dealing with the New Year Festival, this book proposes an incisive re-interpretation of the most frequently discussed of all Mesopotamian rituals.
Book Synopsis Melchizedek, King of Sodom by : Robert R. Cargill
Download or read book Melchizedek, King of Sodom written by Robert R. Cargill and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament. Cited as both the king of Shalem-understood by most scholars to be Jerusalem-and as an eternal priest without ancestry, Melchizedek's appearances become textual justification for tithing to the Levitical priests in Jerusalem and for the priesthood of Jesus Christ himself. But what if the text was manipulated? Robert R. Cargill explores the Hebrew and Greek texts concerning Melchizedek's encounter with Abraham in Genesis as a basis to unravel the biblical mystery of this character's origins. The textual evidence that Cargill presents shows that Melchizedek was originally known as the king of Sodom and that the later traditions about Sodom forced biblical scribes to invent a new location, Shalem, for Melchizedek's priesthood and reign. Cargill also identifies minor, strategic changes to the Hebrew Bible and the Samaritan Pentateuch that demonstrate an evolving, polemical, sectarian discourse between Jews and Samaritans competing for the superiority of their respective temples and holy mountains. The resulting literary evidence was used as the ideological motivation for identifying Shalem with Jerusalem in the Second Temple Jewish tradition. A brief study with far-reaching implications, Melchizedek, King of Sodom reopens discussion of not only this unusual character, but also the origins of both the priesthood of Christ and the role of early Israelite priest-kings.
Book Synopsis Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal by : Steven Cole
Download or read book Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal written by Steven Cole and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters edited in this volume represent the correspondence of various priests and high temple officials in the Assyrian realm during the third through fifth decades of the seventh century BC. They consist chiefly of reports to Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal about cultic concerns and matters connected with the construction and renovation of temple edifices in the major cities of the Assyrian empire, both in the heartland and in the provinces. These fascinating letters throw light on the buildings, refurbishment, and maintenance of temples, the fashioning and installation of statues of the king, the provisioning of the cult, the performance of sacrifices, the rite of sacred marriage, and the processions of divine images.
Book Synopsis The Social World of the Babylonian Priest by : Bastian Still
Download or read book The Social World of the Babylonian Priest written by Bastian Still and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Social World of the Babylonian Priest, Bastian Still presents a comprehensive study of the priestly community of Borsippa during the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian Empires (ca. 620-484 BCE). By examining patterns of marriage, landholding, moneylending, and friendship, he provides an intimate account of the daily life of the Babylonian priesthood beyond the temple walls and develops a more sophisticated understanding of the organisation of ancient Babylonian society as a whole. Combining the use of social network analysis, anthropological studies, and sociological concepts concerned with kinship, tie strength, social boundaries, and identity formation, Bastian Still’s interdisciplinary approach transcends the traditional boundary of cuneiform studies and enables the field of Assyriology to contribute to a more general socio-historical discourse. “S.’s book is a valuable contribution to our growing knowledge of the Mesopotamian priesthoods in the first millennium.” -Nathan MacDonald, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.5 (2020)
Book Synopsis The Priest and the Great King by : Lisbeth Fried
Download or read book The Priest and the Great King written by Lisbeth Fried and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2004-06-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisbeth S. Fried’s insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th–4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried’s work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees. This was true for Judah as well. The High Priest had no real power; there was no theocracy. The wars that periodically engulfed the Levant in the fourth century temporarily pulled the ruling governors and satraps away from Judah, and during these times, the Judean priesthood may have capitalized on the brief absence of Persian officials to mint coins, but they achieved their longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees. Liz added this explanatory note in an e-mail to the Biblical Studies e-mail list on December 2, 2005: “There’s a confusion in reader’s minds about my methodology, which I’d like to set straight if I may. “The book is a rewrite of my dissertation. My dissertation was entitled The Rise to Power of the Judean Priesthood: The Impact of the Achaemenid Empire. I assumed at the outset that because the Achaemenid Empire was non-directive, and cared only that tribute would be sent regularly, the priesthood was able to fill the resulting power vacuum and achieve secular power. My goal was to chronicle the process. In addition I thought to look at Eisenstadt’s model which predicted the opposite result—that local elites, like priests, could not rise to power in an imperial system. Since there was no real data from Judah, I looked at temple-palace relations in Babylon, Egypt, and Asia Minor as well as Judah. “It was only during my research that I came to the conclusion that local priesthoods did not achieve secular power anywhere in the Achaemenid Empire and certainly not in Judah. In fact their power diminished during those 200 years. I also concluded, not that Eisenstadt was correct, but only that my data were insufficient to reject his model. However, my data were sufficient to reject the model of an Achaemenid Empire that was non-directive as well as the model of Persian authorization of local norms (Frei and Koch).”
Download or read book Revelation written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Book Synopsis Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by : Lewis Spence
Download or read book Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria written by Lewis Spence and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture by : Karen Radner
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture written by Karen Radner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Book Synopsis Prophets, Priests and Kings 2.0 (Distribution) by : Dee Dee Talbot
Download or read book Prophets, Priests and Kings 2.0 (Distribution) written by Dee Dee Talbot and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the third in a four-part series of study guides focusing on "The Daily Bible in Chronological Order," commentary by F. LaGard Smith. This guide covers a three-month period of daily study, starting in Isaiah and continuing through to Malachi. It can be used by itself as a period study or as part of a year-long study involving all four books, and can be utilized for group or personal study. The foreword was thoughtfully provided by F. LaGard Smith.
Book Synopsis Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds by :
Download or read book Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an interdisciplinary investigation and contextualization of the various concepts of divine union in the private and public sphere of the Greek and Near Eastern worlds.
Book Synopsis “The” Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version (A.D. 1611): Kings II., Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther by : Frederic Charles Cook
Download or read book “The” Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version (A.D. 1611): Kings II., Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther written by Frederic Charles Cook and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings by : Edwin R. Thiele
Download or read book The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings written by Edwin R. Thiele and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on 1983 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (New revised edition) Considered the classic and comprehensive work in reckoning the accession of kings, calendars, and coregencies based upon the Old Testament text and other extra-biblical sources.
Book Synopsis A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical on the Old and New Testaments by : Robert Jamieson (D.D.)
Download or read book A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical on the Old and New Testaments written by Robert Jamieson (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments, by R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and D. Brown. (Portable comm.). by : Robert Jamieson
Download or read book A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments, by R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and D. Brown. (Portable comm.). written by Robert Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... by :
Download or read book Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... by :
Download or read book Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
