عنوان

Empire, power, and indigenous elites :

(Number (ISBN

9004289887

(Number (ISBN

9789004289888

Erroneous ISBN

9789004292222

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Title Proper

Empire, power, and indigenous elites :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a case study of the Nehemiah memoir /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 327 pages ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Series Title

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ;

Volume Designation

volume 169

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-314) and indexes

Text of Note

Near Eastern empires and indigenous elites : rethinking ancient empire -- Judah on the eve of Persian rule -- Persian practices in Transeuphratene : the wider context of Nehemiah's rule -- Territories and populations : dealing with diversity -- Regions closer to Yehud under Persian rule : indigenous elites in Lycia, Phoenicia, Arabia and Samaria -- Local politics in Achaemenid Yehud prior to Nehemiah -- Nehemiah and local politics : the later Achaemenid period -- Nehemiah's use of "law" in controlling his opponents -- The basis of Nehemiah's lawmaking

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Text of Note

Ancient Near Eastern empires, including Assyria, Babylon and Persia, frequently permitted local rulers to remain in power. The roles of the indigenous elites reflected in the Nehemiah Memoir can be compared to those encountered elsewhere. Nehemiah was an imperial appointee, likely of a military/administrative background, whose mission was to establish a birta in Jerusalem, thereby limiting the power of local elites. As a loyal servant of Persia, Nehemiah brought to his mission a certain amount of ethnic/cultic colouring seen in certain aspects of his activities in Jerusalem, in particular in his use of Mosaic authority (but not of specific Mosaic laws). Nehemiah appealed to ancient Jerusalemite traditions in order to eliminate opposition to him from powerful local elite networks

International Standard Book Number

9789004292222 (online)

Nehemiah

Bible., Nehemiah-- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Judaism and state-- Yehud (Persian province)

Judaism-- History-- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Yehud (Persian province), Kings and rulers

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Book number

Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Anne

Date of Transaction

20160128115811.0

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[Book]

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