Missing Priests
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Missing Priests

The Zadokites in Tradition and History

Alice Hunt

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Missing Priests

The Zadokites in Tradition and History

Alice Hunt

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Biblical scholars agree that priesthood(s) played a critical role in the social, historical, cultural, and religious lives of the ancient Israelites. This study seeks to clarify the role of one such priesthood, the Zadokites. Traditional scholarship assumes the dominance of a Zadokite priesthood from a united monarchy until the time of the Hasmoneans. The thesis
of this study is that references to the "sons of Zadok" in ancient texts reflect the sectarian nature of the Second Temple period. The extent to which modern scholarship has magnified the Zadokites as the dominant priestly institution from the monarchy into the Second Temple period cannot be
substantiated. Rather, the Second Temple period serves as the terminus for all literary references to the Zadokites and provides a socio-historical context which allows for the development of a plausible reconstruction explaining their appearance in the ancient texts. This comprehensive study of the Zadokites provides a study of historiography that traces the growth of scholarly notions concerning the Zadokites. The study examines historiographic issues related to the development of these conceptualizations. Literary analysis indicates the role and status of the Zadokites in available textual evidence. A socio-historical reconstruction forms the theoretical basis and attempts to answer such questions such as: Who placed the Zadokites in these texts? Why were the Zadokites included in these texts? The Zadokites will be situated in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The study provides a foundation for studies of priesthood(s) in ancient Israel.

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Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2006
ISBN
9780567594549
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Chapter 1 PRESUPPOSITIONS SET THE PARADIGM: ZADOKITES AS THE DOMINANT PRIESTHOOD
  5. Chapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE ZADOKITES
  6. Chapter 3 A TIME FOR CACOPHONY, A TIME FOR POLYPHONY: HISTORIOGRAPHY
  7. Chapter 4 BIBLICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ZADOKITES: SAMUEL-KINGS-EZRA~NEHEMIAH-CHRONICLES
  8. Chapter 5 BIBLICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ZADOKITES
  9. Chapter 6 EXTRABIBLICAL EVIDENCE OF THE ZADOKITES
  10. Chapter 7 ZADOKITES IN SOCIAL CONTEXT
  11. Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS: STARTING TO PLACE THE ZADOKITES
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index of References
  14. Index of Authors
Citation styles for Missing Priests

APA 6 Citation

Hunt, A. (2006). Missing Priests (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/817914/missing-priests-the-zadokites-in-tradition-and-history-pdf (Original work published 2006)

Chicago Citation

Hunt, Alice. (2006) 2006. Missing Priests. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/817914/missing-priests-the-zadokites-in-tradition-and-history-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Hunt, A. (2006) Missing Priests. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/817914/missing-priests-the-zadokites-in-tradition-and-history-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Hunt, Alice. Missing Priests. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.