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Subject(s)

• Jews—Politics and government [Browse]
• Palestine—Court and courtiers—Titles [Browse]
• Palestine—Social life and customs—To 70 A.D. [Browse]
• Jews—History—1200-953 B.C. [Browse]
• Jews—History—953-586 B.C. [Browse]
• Bureaucracy—Palestine—History [Browse]

Series

• Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ; no. 23. [More in this series]
• Monographs of the Hebrew Union College ; no. 23 [More in this series]

Summary note

• "In antiquity, as in modernity, titles were conferred on persons both as identifying markers of their function-related roles in society and as honorary epithets assigning specific status. In Egypt, even more than in Mesopotamia, function-related and honorary appellations were so valued that officials and functionaries of varying stations collected the titles accrued in their lifetime and preserved them in titularies resembling modern-day resumes.
• Israelites serving at the royal courts in Jerusalem and Samaria or in local administrations held titles as well, though, in the light of extant sources, far fewer than their neighbors.".
• "The primary focus of Nili Fox's study is an analysis of the titles and roles of civil officials and functionaries - including key ministers of the central government, regional administrators, and palace attendants - in Israel and Judah during the monarchic period. The nineteen titles she examines fall into three categories: status-related titles; function-related titles; and miscellaneous designations that could be held by a variety of functionaries."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-343) and indexes

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Questions of Methodology
• 3. Status-Related Titles
• 4. Function-Related Titles
• 5. Miscellaneous Designations
• 6. Aspects of Administration Revealed in Inscriptions
• 7. Conclusions
• A.1. A Chronological Index of Titles and Personal Names of Functionaries in the Bible and in Epigraphic Records
• A.2. An Inventory of Personal Names with Titles Appearing on Published Unprovenienced Epigraphic Material
• B. Hebrew Titles in the Biblical and Epigraphic Records and Their Foreign Analogues
• C.1-10. Genealogies of Court Families
• Map. Distribution Map of LMLK and Rosette Impressed Handles.

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ISBN

0878204229 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

99058266

OCLC

42913826

RCP

C - S

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