The Priest and the Great King: Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

LISBETH S. FRIED, The Priest and the Great King: Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire (Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego 10; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004). Pp. xvi + 266. $39.50.

In this book, Lisbeth S. Fried argues that the province of Yehud enjoyed virtually no autonomy from the Persian imperial power and had most of its policies dictated from the king's court in the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries B.C.E. An initial chapter on methodology is followed by three chapters examining Persian policies in the regions of Babylon, Egypt, and ...

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