Empire, power, and indigenous elites : a case study of the Nehemiah memoir / / Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley.
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/admi...
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Superior document: | Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume 169 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;
Volume 169. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (339 pages). |
Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Near Eastern Empires and Indigenous Elites: Rethinking Ancient Empire
- 2 Judah on the Eve of Persian Rule
- 3 Persian Practices in Transeuphratene: The Wider Context of Nehemiah’s Rule
- 4 Territories and Populations: Dealing with Diversity
- 5 Regions Closer to Yehud under Persian Rule: Indigenous Elites in Lycia, Phoenicia, Arabia and Samaria
- 6 Local Politics in Achaemenid Yehud Prior to Nehemiah
- 7 Nehemiah and Local Politics: The Later Achaemenid Period
- 8 Nehemiah’s Use of ‘Law’ in Controlling His Opponents
- 9 The Basis of Nehemiah’s Lawmaking
- Bibliography
- Index of Authors
- Index of Ancient Authors and Texts.