: Jerusalem in the religious practice of Yehud and the diaspora during the Persian period
/ Melody D. Knowles.
Atlanta
: Society of Biblical Literature
, 2006.
vii, 181 p. ;
23 cm.
Archaeology and biblical studies ;
no. 16
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-159) and indexes.
Centrality and religious practice -- The centralities of Yahwistic animal sacrifice -- Centrality and the religious use of incense and figurines : the geographic protocols of non-sacrificial worship -- Jerusalem as a pilgrimage center in the Persian period -- Centrality through economics : paying taxes and tithes in Jerusalem -- The palimpsest of Jerusalem's centrality.