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OverviewThe Patriarchs of the Jews were remarkable not only because they governed much of Palestine in late antiquity, collected taxes from and sent emissaries to Jews across the Roman Empire, acted as the representative of both Palestinian and diaspora Jewry to the Roman imperial government, and achieved great prominence in Roman society. They were remarkable also because they led the Jews for more than two centuries while maintaining the Patriarchate as a family affair. This book is the first examination of the Patriarchate as a hereditary dynasty, a series of men in a specific social structure rather than an institution or office. Alan Appelbaum draws on Jewish, Christian and pagan sources, including Roman law, which has not previously been utilized as it is here. To uncover the origins of the Patriarchate's dynastic features, the author starts by considering when and how the position and the roles of the Patriarchs began. Using comparative material about succession to high office as a framework, he then examines available sources to reconstruct the dynasty of the Patriarchs and the relationships among them Patriarch by Patriarch, providing data about actors and events as well as about the Patriarchate's dynastic structure. In the course of this examination, Appelbaum makes the first sustained inquiry in over a century into the supposed Davidic and Hillelite ancestry of the dynasty, and refutes the claim that there were two Patriarchs named Judah Nesiah. Finally, he compares the Patriarchate to other real and supposed dynasties in order to locate it among the various family arrangements of its period. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan AppelbaumPublisher: Mohr Siebeck Imprint: Mohr Siebeck Volume: 156 Weight: 0.547kg ISBN: 9783161529641ISBN 10: 3161529642 Pages: 257 Publication Date: 02 December 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews...the work makes an important contribution to scholarship and well worth reading for anyone interested in late antique Palestine. --Joshua Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Review of Biblical Literature, 6.30.16 Author InformationBorn 1936; 2007 PhD Yale University; research affiliate, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University; senior counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; currently visiting fellow in the Judaic Studies Program, Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |