"Zadokite" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Zadokite" Meaning

Zadokite is a term that historically referred to a group of Jewish priests whose names appear in the Hebrew Bible and in rabbinic literature. In biblical times, "Zadok" was the name of a priest who served under two kings of Judah and was the father of Amariah (1 Chronicles 6:50) and Abiathar (1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Kings 2:26).

"Zadokite" Examples

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The complete title of the work is the Damascus Covenant or the Zadokite Fragments.
The Zadokite priests were known in the Jewish historical record particularly for their futile struggle against the Hasmoneans, who rose to power in about 160-161 BCE.
Modern scholars, however, identify the Zadokite material especially in those passages where the Jewish Priests, at the turn of the first century BCE, complained about their treatment by the aristocracy and the people.
The term Zadokite seems to have referred to the Hierarchy of Priestly Prophets who claimed Jose and his descendants for the thirty-sixth generation as paramount Priests.
The Zadokite Fragments or the Damascus Covenant shows that this awareness reached very small and abused circles that could only in later moments, cause bidding for political freedom or matters to involve only those who would align with their historical value or spiritual cause.