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| Title: "Priesthood and Priestly Descent: Josephus, Antiquities 10.80" Pages: 129-135 Type: Generic Year: 1981 Abstract: "The phrasing of Ant. X,80 reflects that while both Jeremiah and Ezekiel were Aaronites, a fact Josephus notes to enhance their status a prophets, only Jeremiah could be called a priest. Ezekiel near became more than a priest by descent. For Josephus to be a priest is a matter of potential. Ezekiel never realized that potential in his captivity. // Josephus' reference to Jeremiah and Ezekiel in Ant. 10:80 should be translated thus: ""Both were priests by descent. But while Jeremiah lived in Jerusalem from the thirteenth y<ear of Josiah's reign until the city and the temple were destroyed, that which happened to this prophet [Ezekiel] we will relate in its proper place."" Josephus phrasing reflects the fact that, although both prophets were Aaronites, only Jeremiah could have functioned as a priest in Jerusalem. - D.J.H. // Nach Josephus' Auffassung vom Priesteramt konnte nur der in Jerusalem lebende Aaronit Jeremia, nicht jedoch der seit seiner Jugend aus Jerusalem verbannte Aaronit Ezechiel im wahren Sinne Priester sein, weil letzterer zur Ausübung seines Amtes im Exil keine Möglichkeit besaß. Josephus unterscheidet nämlich zwischen bloßer priesterlicher Abstammung und andererseits der tatsächlichen Funktion, die sich aus dieser Abstammung ergibt." Keywords: Antiquities |