 | Louis H. Feldman, John R. Levison - Religion - 1996 - 542 pages
...his version of the expulsion from Egypt. ARTHUR J. DROGE the universe. . . . He picked out men of the most refinement and with the greatest ability to head...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the sacrifices offered to their God. (5) These same men he appointed to be judges in all major disputes,... | |
 | Lester L. Grabbe - Religion - 1996 - 148 pages
...(c.300 BCE). His writing is quoted by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (40.3. 1-7) : [4] ... He [Moses] picked out the men of most refinement and...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their God. [5] These same men he appointed to be judges in all major... | |
 | Crispin H. T. Fletcher-Louis - Religion - 1997 - 384 pages
...AD).75 Hecataeus describes the history of the Jews, and then their present constitution as follows: He [Moses] picked out the men of most refinement and...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their God. (5) These same men he appointed to be judges in all major... | |
 | Doron Mendels - History - 1997 - 482 pages
...result of their own expulsion from Egypt he introduced an unsocial and intolerant mode of life. He picked out the men of most refinement and with the...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their God. (5) These same men he appointed to be judges in all major... | |
 | Bob Becking, Marjo Christina Annette Korpel - Bible - 1999 - 328 pages
...result of their own expulsion from Egypt he introduced an unsocial and intolerant mode of life. He picked out the men of most refinement and with the...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their god. These same men he appointed to be judges in all major... | |
 | Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman - Religion - 2002 - 401 pages
..."a man named Moses, outstanding for both his wisdom and his courage," Hecataeus noted: He picked out men of most refinement and with the greatest ability...to be judges in all major disputes, and entrusted them to the guardianship of the laws and customs. For this reason, the Jews never have a king. The... | |
 | Lester L. Grabbe - Religion - 2001 - 354 pages
...result of their own expulsion from Egypt he introduced an unsocial and intolerant mode of life. He picked out the men of most refinement and with the...them priests; and he ordained that they should occupy 5. His work has not been preserved but is quoted in Josephus, Ant. 12.1.1 §§310; Apion 1.22 §§209-212... | |
 | Henryk Drawnel - Religion - 2004 - 537 pages
...a result of their own expulsion from Egypt he introduced an unsocial and intolerant way of life. He picked out the men of most refinement and with the...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their God. (5) These same men he appointed to be judges (SiKaaidc,)... | |
 | James C. VanderKam - Religion - 592 pages
...to the priests: He picked out the men of the most refinement and with the greatest ability to lead the entire nation, and appointed them priests; and...they should occupy themselves with the temple and the honours and sacrifices offered to their god. These same men he appointed to be judges in all major... | |
 | Russell Gmirkin - Religion - 2006 - 345 pages
...for political background on matters in the east.127 Diodorus Siculus, Library 40.3.4c-5a (3.4c) He picked out the men of most refinement and with the...and the honors and sacrifices offered to their God. (3.5a) These same men he appointed to be judges in all major disputes, and entrusted to them the guardianship... | |
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These same men he appointed to be judges in all major disputes, and entrusted to them the guardianship of the laws and customs. For this reason the Jews never have a king, and authority over the people is regularly vested in whichever priest is regarded... 