Levites and priests in biblical history and tradition / edited by Mark A. Leuchter and Jeremy M. Hutton.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoAtlanta : Society of Biblical Literature,
Descriptionx, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
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Other author/creatorLeuchter, Mark.
Other author/creatorHutton, Jeremy Michael.
Other author/creatorSociety of Biblical Literature.
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
SeriesSociety of Biblical Literature. Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 9
Contents Covenant priesthood : cross-cultural legal and religious aspects of biblical and Hittite priesthood / Ada Taggar-Cohen -- Who is sacrificing at Shiloh? : the priesthoods of ancient Israel's regional sanctuaries / Susan Ackerman -- The Levite diaspora (II) : modern perspectives on the Levitical cities lists (a review of opinions) / Jeremy M. Hutton -- The social status of priestly and Levite women / Sarah Shectman -- The violent origins of the Levites : text and tradition / Joel S. Baden -- Between shadow and substance : the historical relationship of tabernacle and temple in light of architecture and iconography / Cory D. Crawford -- What do the "Levites in your gates" have to do with the "Levitical priests"? : an attempt at European-North American dialogue on the Levites in the Deuteronomic law corpus / Peter Atmann -- Those stubborn Levites : overcoming Levitical disenfranchisement / Stephen L. Cook -- Middle-tier Levites and the plenary reception of revelation / Mark A. Christian -- The cultic status of the Levites in the Temple Scroll : between history and hermeneutics / Jeffrey Stackert -- From Levite to maśkîl in the Persian and Hellenistic eras / Mark Leuchter.
General note"The present volume emerged from the papers presented at the Society of Biblical Literature meetings in New Orleans (2009) and Atlanta (2010) in a newly formed program unit entitled 'Priests and Levites in History and Tradition'"--P. 5.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LanguageIn English and Hebrew.
Genre/formElectronic books.
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