Yes, Karl, I think it makes sense. Things were not always as cut-and-dried in
the Semitic ANE as we western linear-thinking folks would like them to be.
Even a term like kohen/kohenim has a certain range of meaning.
Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA
On Sep 15, 2011, at 8:23 PM, K Randolph wrote:
> Gary:
>
> The tack taken by the LXX is that the sons became high palace officials.
>
> Another thought that just came to mind is that “priests” in early Egyptian
> history were members of the royal family, a sinecure for princes who would
> never become pharaoh. (Hence, when Joseph married the daughter of the
> priest of On, he married into the royal family to strengthen his loyalty to
> the pharaoh.) Hence “priest” did not necessarily refer to a exclusively
> religious cultic function, rather it included a royal function as well.
> Does this make sense?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.