Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<tladatsi AT charter.net>]

Peter,

I am not sure I agree with you.  It is true that in the house of Micah that 
there were carved and molten images but it also had an ephod and teraphim.  
The ephod is strongly assoicated with the worship of Yahweh.  Many Biblical 
characters used teraphim without any negative association against them (David 
escapes from Saul's wrath by placing a teraph in his bed to look like David 
is sleeping).  The temple in Jerusalem had carved images of the seraphim.  
Certainly molten images are banned but it seems clear that Micah is 
worshiping Yahweh, in however an unorthodox fashion.

--
Jack Tladatsi

---- Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org> wrote: 
> On 18/02/2006 16:45, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:
> > Judges 18:30 records that *Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of 
> > Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day 
> > of the captivity of the land.* so there was recorded at least one other 
> > non-Aaronide line of priests.
> >
> >   
> And 1 Kings 12:31 tells us of another such line of priests, or perhaps 
> the same one as they also served at the city of Dan - although if so the 
> author's complaint "even though they were not Levites" is an 
> exaggeration, for Jonathan was a Levite but not a descendant of Aaron. 
> Of course both of these were "renegade" priesthoods not recognised by 
> the Jerusalem authorities. What makes the priesthood of David's sons 
> different is that it was recognised by the ultimate authority in 
> Jerusalem, its king.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
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