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To: mugs99
Becoming a Priest (Rabi) was not a career choice.

      Uhhh ... No.  Rabbi and Priest are two separate things.  Modern day Jews have Rabbis, who lead and teach the congregations.  To be a Rabbi is not hereditary.  There are no Jewish Priests today, because the Priesthood was hereditary, and genealogical records have been lost, and the name Cohen is not considered sufficient proof (although DNA testing may be used to restablish the Priesthood.)  But Priests sacrifice; Rabbis teach.  Not the same.  Jesus was not a Levitical Priest, but He was a Priest after the order of Melchisadek.

It's a contradiction that all scholars of history recognize.

      A little too sweeping.  But Roman and Orthodox scholars have their own problems trying to identify Christian Elders (Presbyters) with Old Testament Priests.  (The early Christians had had Elders, but no Priests.)  This confusion is the cause of much misunderstanding.

461 posted on 10/10/2006 8:03:50 PM PDT by Celtman (It's never right to do wrong to do right.)
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To: Celtman
My example was first century Hebrew. Things are different now, but you're right about the confusion identifying Christian elders and Priest/Rabi.

The Hebrew Generation of Jesus text, which predates the Gospels by a hundred years, identifies him as a Rabi even though it smears him as a bastard...the reason they killed him in that text.
463 posted on 10/10/2006 8:37:00 PM PDT by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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