Raising Up a Faithful Priest: Community and Priesthood in Biblical TheologyThis thought-provoking study reviews priesthood from a theological perspective and explores the theological value and significance of priests in Old and New Testaments. Richard D. Nelson reviews biblical concepts of priesthood and provides guidance and data for exegetes and systematic theologians as they work out the implications of the Bible's view of priesthood. |
Contents
The History of Israels Priesthood | 1 |
Sacrifice | 4 |
Israels Culture Map | 17 |
Priestly Functions | 39 |
Priestly Theology | 101 |
Restoration and Utopian Vision | 111 |
Zechariah 18 | 119 |
The Priestly Writing | 125 |
Priesthood in the New Testament | 141 |
Priesthood and the Gospel Community | 169 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aaron Aaronic priesthood altar animal biblical blessing blood boundaries chapter Christian Christology Chron Chronicles clean and unclean concept cult cultic Day of Atonement defile Deut Deuteronomy divine Eleazar ephod example exile Exod Ezek Ezekiel Ezra faith fidelity genealogy God's guilt heavenly Hebrew Bible high priest holy space human impurity involved Israel Israel's culture map Israelite Ithamar Jerusalem Jesus Josh Joshua Josiah Kings leper Levites Leviticus Macc mediation Moses nation Numbers offerings oracles ordinary performed Perhaps period person Peter pollution post-exilic pre-exilic priesthood priestly family priestly groups priestly office priestly theology Priestly Writing priests and Levites profane prophets purification readers relationship religion religious restoration rite ritual system role royal sacred space sacrifice sanctuary Septuagint social society status tabernacle temple Testament texts tion torah tradition tribe of Levi Urim and Thummim verse vestments whole worship Yahweh Yahwism Zadok Zadokite Zechariah Zerubbabel