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  2. Priesthood (ancient Israel) - Wikipedia

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    The priesthood of ancient Israel was the class of male individuals, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, were patrilineal descendants from Aaron (the elder brother of Moses) and the tribe of Levi, who served in the Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple and Second Temple until the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

  3. Giuseppe Ricciotti - Wikipedia

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    Ricciotti's first important work is Storia d'Israele (English: History of Israel), published in 1932. [2] In 1932 he also published Bibbia e non Bibbia (English: Bible and not Bible) where he supported the need to apply the Higher criticism to the study of the Bible, to be based on the original texts and not on the Latin Vulgate.

  4. Priestly divisions - Wikipedia

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    Following the Temple's destruction at the end of the First Jewish Revolt and the displacement to the Galilee of the bulk of the remaining Jewish population in Judea at the end of the Bar Kochva Revolt, Jewish tradition in the Talmud and poems from the period record that the descendants of each priestly watch established a separate residential seat in towns and villages of the Galilee, and ...

  5. List of high priests of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Priestly lists for this period appear in the Bible, Josephus and the Seder Olam Zutta, but with differences. While Josephus and Seder 'Olam Zuta each mention 18 high priests, [4] the genealogy given in 1 Chronicles 6:3–15 gives 12 names, culminating in the last high priest Seriah, father of Jehozadak. However, it is unclear whether all those ...

  6. Mike Schmitz - Wikipedia

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    Michael Thomas Schmitz [2] (born December 14, 1974) [3] is an American Catholic priest, speaker, author, and podcaster.. The Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, [4] [5] Schmitz is most notable for his social media presence, which mainly consist of his YouTube videos [6] [7] [8] and The Bible in a Year podcast, both of which are produced by the ...

  7. John Dominic Crossan - Wikipedia

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    John Dominic Crossan (born 17 February 1934) is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity and former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University.

  8. Clergy - Wikipedia

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    The word cleric comes from the ecclesiastical Latin Clericus, for those belonging to the priestly class.In turn, the source of the Latin word is from the Ecclesiastical Greek Klerikos (κληρικός), meaning appertaining to an inheritance, in reference to the fact that the Levitical priests of the Old Testament had no inheritance except the Lord. [1] "

  9. Kohen - Wikipedia

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    Numerous Biblical passages attest to the role of the priests in teaching Torah to the people and in issuing judgment. Later rabbinic statements elaborate on these roles. However, the priest's religious authority is not automatic: even a bastard who is a scholar takes precedence over an ignorant high priest. [38]