In the ancient israelite setting, there was one group of priests that were set apart based on their lineage. The rituals of this space were designed to be facilitated by these priestly mediators who would represent israel. And as you can probably imagine, centuries later, in the contects of early christianity, looking back on this material, you can imagine new testament writers finding some really great metaphoric vocabulary to help understand the death of jesus right? Jesus is our great mediator, or our great high priest. He's the great intercessor between the community and god, between heaven and earth. Or jesus's death is like the great atoning
Where do ancient Near East and modern Western culture meet? Dr. Matthew Grey explores how knowledge and origins of the ancient Israelite temple worship help inform our modern temple language by helping us learn the language of temple worship.
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