Daughter of Aaron
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The description Daughter of Aaron is given to several women in the New Testament
, among them Elizabeth
, mother of John the Baptist
.
This was a title given to all Kohanim (Levite
priests), who nearly always intermarried: a "daughter of Aaron" was thus allowed to wed with Levites.
Aaron
, elder brother of Moses
, is widely held as the founder of Jewish priesthood, and as such Jewish priests called themselves and were called by others his descendants.
Inscriptions unearthed in Israel
dating back to the beginning of the current era sometimes mention someone as being a "descendant of Aaron", this means that this person was a Jewish priest or related to Christianity
.
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, among them Elizabeth
Elizabeth (Biblical person)
Elizabeth is also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva...
, mother of John the Baptist
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
.
This was a title given to all Kohanim (Levite
Levite
In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
priests), who nearly always intermarried: a "daughter of Aaron" was thus allowed to wed with Levites.
Aaron
Aaron
In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron : Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Priest"' and once Aaron the Levite , was the older brother of Moses, and a prophet of God. He represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first High Priest of the Israelites...
, elder brother of Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
, is widely held as the founder of Jewish priesthood, and as such Jewish priests called themselves and were called by others his descendants.
Inscriptions unearthed in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
dating back to the beginning of the current era sometimes mention someone as being a "descendant of Aaron", this means that this person was a Jewish priest or related to Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
.