Buch, Deutsch, Band 190, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 686 g
Die Entstehung des biblischen Konzepts der Leviten
Buch, Deutsch, Band 190, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 686 g
Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
ISBN: 978-90-04-49867-9
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
The study tracks the origins of the Biblical Levitism. It only emerged in the late pre-exilic period as a Judean innovation of the tribal concept. After 722, traditions about Jacob's son Levi were used in Judah to form a group identity of officials and literal elites. Moses and Aaron, as officials of the God of Israel, became protagonists of this group. Therefore, the priests at the central shrine were also integrated as part of the officials, so that Deuteronomy, for example, speaks of Levitical priests. In the post-exilic period, a number of professions and groups were subordinated to the priesthood under the designation "Levites" as a kind of temple office. In the process, a professionalisation of the cultic sector and a radical separation of cultic and non-cultic areas and activities took place. In this, the Levites acted on behalf of the people and represented them in the non-cultic areas of the temple.