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The priest and the great king: temple-palace relations in the Persian Empire
In: Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego volume 10
Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees, and this was true for Judah as well. The Judean priesthood achieved its longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees
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Two battles and two bills: Marathon and the Athenian fleet
In: Monographs from the Norwegian Institute at Athens 3
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The "Encheiridion" of Epictetus and its three Christian adaptations: transmission and critical editions
In: Philosophia antiqua Vol. 82
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Status Warriors: War, Violence and Society in Homer and History
In: Classical Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
In: Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology 9
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The political Paul: justice, democracy and kingship in a Hellenistic framework
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament 210
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