Priestly Rites and Prophetic Rage

Post-Exilic Prophetic Critique of the Priesthood
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-16-149059-0
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe

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. 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. The earlier promises in Isaiah 40-55 form the background of this critique. 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. She further demonstrates a different picture of the post-exilic priesthood from the one often previously assumed. Rather than attributing cultic monolatry to the post-exilic priests, reformed through their suffering following the destruction of Jerusalem, she shows that the emerging new clergy were not so very different from their pre-exilic predecessors. In addition, in contrast to the common assumption that the prophetic literature displays contradictory views, the author stresses the similarity between the thoughts and ideas displayed throughout Isaiah 56-66, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8 and Malachi.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of Old Testament, corresponding institutes and libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia
Born 1969; BA and MA in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2002 Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at the University of Oxford; Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer:

Born 1969; BA and MA in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2002 Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible at the University of Oxford; Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Aberdeen, UK.