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A Theocratic Yehud? - Issues of Government in a Persian Province (Paperback)
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A Theocratic Yehud? - Issues of Government in a Persian Province (Paperback)
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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Among the variety of social-political reconstructions of
Persian-period Yehud, one "consensus" stands out - one which states
that the Jerusalem priesthood enjoyed a prominent level of
authority, symbolized in the Jerusalem temple. Unfortunately, this
leads easily into conclusions of a theocracy in Yehud. The problem,
in part, is due to the immediate association of priests assumed to
be authoritative with that of a theocratic governing structure. To
address this problem, at least three aspects of Yehud's governing
structure(s) require further attention: (1) the social implications
of a particular governing structure within a society; (2) the
developments of a society leading up to that governing structure;
and (3) a clearly articulated definition of the term and concept of
theocracy. Since many scholars appear to depend upon a theocratic
"structure" or "spirit" at some point in their discussions of
Persian-period Yehud, one would usualy expect to find a clear
definition of theocracy. Instead, a hasty and ill-equipped
definition that seems to avoid addressing the social and political
complexities is often used. The conclusion is that no power or
political vacuum appears to have existed allowing the priesthood to
claim power in Yehud. The Persian empire did not allow territories
to develop autonomous governing structures (Chapter 2). The social,
economic, and political realms of Yehud functioned within the
framework of Persian imperial administration (Chapter 3). And the
term theocracy, when defined according to social-scientific
requirements (Chapter 4), does not accurately describe the
social-political context of Yehud during the Persian period
(Chapter 5).
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