Zadok's Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel Oxford Theological Monographs

Author	Deborah W. Rooke
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780198269984
Publication Date	17/05/2009
Publisher	USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

This study looks at the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests to the Hasmonaean priest-kings. It discusses material from the Old Testament and Apocrypha, as well as contemporary documents and coins.

This study of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE, discusses material from the Old Testament and Apocrypha, together with contemporary documents and coins.