A Priestly Perspective on the Representation of History in the "Praise of the Ancestors" (Sir 44–49)

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dc.contributor.authorPudełko, Jolanta Judyta
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T09:28:37Z
dc.date.available2023-07-06T09:28:37Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe article aims to synthetically present the idea of priesthood in the Praise of the Ancestors (Sir 44–49), a text that contains a theological reflection and description of selected characters in the biblical story from the point of view of a sage living at the turn of the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. First, the successive stages of history depicted by Ben Sira and their possible connections to priesthood are outlined. Then, priesthood as viewed by Ben Sira was presented using specific examples of individuals known from the history of biblical Israel (Aaron, Phinehas, David, Samuel, Joshua son of Jehozadak). However, kings from the Davidic dynasty no longer reigned after the Babylonian exile, even though the sage compares the governor Zerubbabel, who came from the House of David, with the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak. The sign of the covenant, however, remained the high priest. Anonymous references to women in the Praise of the Ancestors also feature references to the reality of the cult. Closing the Praise of the Ancestors, Adam is a type of priest that foreshadows the story’s culmination in the description of the high priest Simon II (Sir 50:1–21). The priesthood in Ben Sira’s view is the keystone that connects the past to the present.
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 2, s. 219-235
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.14554
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5242
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectOld Restament
dc.subjectBook of Sirach
dc.subjectPraise of the Ancestors
dc.subjectpriesthood
dc.titleA Priestly Perspective on the Representation of History in the "Praise of the Ancestors" (Sir 44–49)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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