Joseph Blenkinsopp

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  Joseph Blenkinsopp, A History of Prophecy in Israel, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.

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  Blenkinsopp begins with a note about the lack of respect priests have usually had in biblical scholarship.Having deconstructed the ideas behind that, he moves on the discuss the sources that we have available to us when talking about priests.He then discusses the rise of the priesthood, which he sees as taking place during the pre-monarchic period, if only in an embryonic form.
  
  He then has a helpful section on the functions that priests were expected to perform.Among these he lists:
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  Duguid is addressing the question based only on Ezekiel, but it is interesting to note how much his list resembles Blenkinsopp's.
  
  Blenkinsopp also discusses the issue of Aaronides Zadokites, and Levites.He notes that no preexilic tests deal with Aaron as a priest.1 Instead, he is always Moses' spokesman.He points out the preexilic texts always refer to Levitical priests instead.The Zadokites, according to Blenkinsopp, gain power in Babylon, due in part to the work of Ezekiel.Only then are the Levites demoted to temple servants.Later in the Persian period they begin to develop specialiations such as musicians and gatekeeps.Blenkinsopp concludes with a brief section on training for the priesthood.
  
  This summary is very brief and does not do justice to Blenkinsopp's treatment.For those interested in the subject, this is a must read.The book is not intended as a major discussion of the priesthood, but it does bring together Blenkinsopp's thoughts on the subject.For the classroom, this book would be idea for an upper level undergraduate course or a seminary class, but does not quite rise to the level of something you would use in a seminar.
  
  Blenkinsopp does not like Knohl's division of P into PT and HS.I asked him about this during a break at the EABS conference last summer in Budapest, and he said he sees it as a return to older models of source criticism. [back] Permalink | Leave your comment
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  Blenkinsopp begins by discussing the derision in which many scholars from the 19th and 20th centuries held the Priestly authors.
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  Joseph Blenkinsopp, Sage, Priest, Prophet, Library of Ancient Israel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995), 66. [back] Permalink | 1 Comment

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  As Blenkinsopp reminds us:
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  At this point is difficult to see the unfolding of the priesthood within Old Testament times beyond the anthropological comment of Blenkinsopp: "It is obvious that the level of complexity at which a cult and priesthood operate is correlative and coextensive with the stage of development of the society in General."[5]
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  3. Joseph Blenkinsopp, Sage, Priest, Prophet; Religious and Intellectual Leadership in Ancient Israel, (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995), 1.

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  Joseph BlenkinsoppSage, Priest, Prophet: Religious and Intellectual Leadership in Ancient Israel
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  Priests, Prophets and Scribes: Essays on the Formation and Heritage of Second Temple Judaism in Honour of Joseph Blenkinsopp

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  Blenkinsopp offers the following suggestion:
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  Joseph Blenkinsopp, Isaiah 55-66, Anchor Bible 19B (New York: Doubleday, 2003), 290. [back] > Permalink | [4] Comments

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  Joseph Blenkinsopp, "Prophecy and Priesthood in Josephus," Journal for Jewish Studies 25 (1975).

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  Priests, Prophets and Scribes: Essays on the Formation and Heritage of Second Temple Judaism in Honour of Joseph BlenkinsoppJournal of Jewish Studies - Table of Contents
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  Priests, Prophets and Scribes: Essays on the Formation and Heritage of Second Temple Judaism in Honour of Joseph Blenkinsopp

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  Ancient Israel resources for Charlotte Mason,... - [Cached Version]
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  Families in Ancient Israel (Family, Religion, and Culture) by Leo G. Perdue (Editor), Joseph Blenkinsopp (Editor)

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  Bible Study on Isaiah - [Cached Version]
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  Isaiah 1-39, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Doubleday, Random House, New York, 2000

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  By Joseph Blenkinsopp
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  Blenkinsopp begins with a note about the lack of respect priests have usually had in biblical scholarship.Having deconstructed the ideas behind that, he moves on the discuss the sources that we have available to us when talking about priests.He then discusses the rise of the priesthood, which he sees as taking place during the pre-monarchic period, if only in an embryonic form.
  
  He then has a helpful section on the functions that priests were expected to perform.Among these he lists:
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  Blenkinsopp also discusses the issue of Aaronides Zadokites, and Levites.He notes that no preexilic tests deal with Aaron as a priest.Instead, he is always Moses’ spokesman.He points out the preexilic texts always refer to Levitical priests instead.The Zadokites, according to Blenkinsopp, gain power in Babylon, due in part to the work of Ezekiel.Only then are the Levites demoted to temple servants.Later in the Persian period they begin to develop specialiations such as musicians and gatekeeps.Blenkinsopp concludes with a brief section on training for the priesthood.

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