Empire, power and indigenous elites : a case study of the Nehemiah memoir / by Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley.
Ancient Near Eastern empires, including Assyria, Babylon and Persia, frequently permitted local rulers to remain in power. The roles of the indigenous elites reflected in the Nehemiah Memoir can be compared to those encountered elsewhere. Nehemiah was an imperial appointee, likely of a military/admi...
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