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The Catholic Priesthood: Biblical Foundations is unavailable, but you can change that!

During the time of Jesus Christ, neither he nor his apostles would have had the term “priest” applied to their mission or identity. The priesthood was exclusive to the tribe of Levi and at that time was associated primarily with their sacrificial liturgies in the temple. But with Christ’s death on the cross, a new understanding of Christ as priest began to grow in light of his priestly...

deception (Gen 27:30–38).6 For more on the priesthood of Shem as firstborn, see Appendix 1. The firstborn offered sacrifice. Abel offered sacrifice in Genesis 4:4, Noah in Genesis 8:20, Abraham in Genesis 22:13, and Jacob in Genesis 31:54, and again in 46:1, after he had been renamed as Israel. L. Ginzberg, who compiled the Aggadot from the Mishnah, the two Talmuds and Midrash into Legends of the Jews, wrote that, before entering the ark, Noah functioned as a priest when offering sacrifice. His son
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