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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti

Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis

By: Deborah W. Rooke

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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti

Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis

By: Deborah W. Rooke

Combining the insights of present-day biblical studies with those of Handelian studies, this book examines the libretti of ten of Handel's Israelite oratorios and evaluates the relationship between each libretto and the biblical story on which it is based.

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0199279284

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9780199279289

Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

By: Deborah W. Rooke

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Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

By: Deborah W. Rooke

This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken 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. Dr Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revolt does the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation. However, even the Maccabean / Hasmonaean high priesthood was effectively a reversion to the monarchic model of sacral kingship which had existed several centuries earlier in the pre-exilic period, rather than being an extension of the powers of the high priesthood itself. The idea that high priesthood per se bestowed the power to rule should therefore be reconsidered.

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0191520721

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Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

By: Deborah W. Rooke

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Zadok's Heirs

The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel

By: Deborah W. Rooke

This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken 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. Dr Rooke argues that, contrary to received scholarly opinion, the high priesthood was fundamentally a religious office which in and of itself bestowed no civil responsibilities upon its holders, and that not until the time of the Maccabean revoltdoes the high priest appear as the sole figure of leadership for the nation. However, even the Maccabean / Hasmonaean high priesthood was effectively a reversion to the monarchic model of sacral kingship which had existed several centuries earlier in the pre-exilic period, rather than being anextension of the powers of the high priesthood itself. The idea that high priesthood per se bestowed the power to rule should therefore be reconsidered.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0198269986

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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti

Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis

By: Deborah W. Rooke

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Sacred Drama and Biblical Exegesis

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