A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
The self-designation of the members of the *Qumran sect.
The *High Priesthood was no longer held by members of the Zadokite family when the *Dead Sea Scrolls were written. The members of the Qumran sect believed themselves to be the remaining faithful of *Israel and in the *Manual of Discipline, it is recorded how new initiates placed themselves ‘under the authority of the sons of *Zadok’.
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