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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
According to the priestly post-exilic ideology, among the [[Sons of Levi]], only the Aaronites were "priests". The Aaronites were divided in 24 families, each serving in the Temple for a week. 16 families claimed descent from [[Eleazar]], and 8 from [[Ithamar]]. | According to the priestly post-exilic ideology, among the [[Sons of Levi]], only the descendants of Aaron, or Aaronites, were "priests"; the others were Levites, or servants of the priests. The Aaronites were divided in 24 families, each serving in the Temple for a week. 16 families claimed descent from Aaron's son [[Eleazar]], and 8 from his brother [[Ithamar]]. | ||
==The Aaronites in ancient sources== | ==The Aaronites in ancient sources== | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 26 July 2012
In the Second Temple period, the Aaronites / Sons of Aaron / House of Aaron are the "priests" of Israel.
Overview
According to the priestly post-exilic ideology, among the Sons of Levi, only the descendants of Aaron, or Aaronites, were "priests"; the others were Levites, or servants of the priests. The Aaronites were divided in 24 families, each serving in the Temple for a week. 16 families claimed descent from Aaron's son Eleazar, and 8 from his brother Ithamar.
The Aaronites in ancient sources
- Aaronites (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
The Aaronites in scholarship
- Aaronites (research) -- survey of fictional works
External links
- [ Wikipedia]
Pages in category "Aaronites (subject)"
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