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| Title: The Leadership of the Qumran Community: Sons of Zadok-Priest-Congregation Pages: 375-384 Type: Generic Year: 1996 Abstract: "Asen, Ben A. in: OTA 20,3 (1997) 509: V.'s study combines the evidence of Qumran, Josephus and the Leontopolis episode and concludes: ""The earlier, no doubt original, version of the Rule had no mention of the sons of Zadok. Final authority in all matters lay with the Congregation, consisting of priests and lay Israelites, but this was reconcilable with the acceptance of the doctrinal and legal expertise of the sons of Aaron. This democratically organized primitive community was subsequently joined by a group of Zadokite priest, who achieved a successful 'takeover' and became paramount leaders thanks to their social status and doctrinal expertise"" (p.383). This conclusion, say V., fits exactly the attitude of the Onias group of ""Zadokite"" priests regarding the hierarchical order of the priesthood. Furthermore, the small-scale character or the Leontopolis venture would imply that a part, probably the majority of the Jerusalem Zadokites failed to follow Onias to Egypt and likely sought allies among the religiously conservative parties in Judaea. Hence their possible association with the original nucleus of the Qumran community, this leading to a Zadokite dominance at Qumran." |