| Priestly Rites and Prophetic Rage: Post-Exilic Prophetic Critique of the Priesthood Contributor(s): Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3161490592 ISBN-13: 9783161490590 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| LCCN: 2007358991 |
| Series: Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe |
| Physical Information: 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although Judah's prophets and priests often stood united in their concerns for the cult, many prophetic texts from the 6th and the 5th century BC testify to a major disagreement between them as to how to worship God. On the basis of Isaiah 56-66, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8 and Malachi, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer analyzes the critique of the priests as found in the prophetic texts from that period. In these texts, the prophets accused the priests of misdemeanours in both the cultic and the social realm. The author further explores how the same prophets envisioned a more righteous priesthood. Much of the post-exilic prophetic literature sought to explain the non-fulfilment of these promises. The author shows that the shared focus of most of these explanations is a culpable priesthood. |