A kingdom of priests : ancestry and merit in ancient Judaism /

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Author / Creator:	Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.
Description:	270 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Jewish culture and contexts
Subject:	Dead Sea scrolls. Dead Sea scrolls. Priests, Jewish -- History. Holiness -- Judaism. Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. Apocryphal books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Apocryphal books. Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism) Priests, Jewish. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6116666

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ISBN:	0812239504 (alk. paper) 9780812239508
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Priest and Scribe: Ancestry and Professional Skill in the Book of the Watchers, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and Aramaic Levi
2. Jubilees' Kingdom of Priests
3. Priesthood and Purity Laws: The Temple Scrolland the Damascus Document
4. Priesthood and Sectarianism: The Rule of the Community, the Damascus Document, and the Book of Revelation
5. Priesthood and Allegory: Philo and Alexandrian Judaism
6. "The Children of Abraham Your Friend": The End of Priesthood, the Rise of Christianity, and the Neutralization of Jewish Sectarianism
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

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