Table of Contents
Chapter 4
The Officiating Priesthood
 | The Priesthood --Priests 'obedient to the faith' |
| The Number of Priests --Those who were prevented from going up in their course prayed and fasted in their synagogues |
| Symbolism of the Priesthood/Mediation --The institution of the priesthood--The two ideas of reconciliation and holiness |
| Holiness |
| The Twenty-four Courses --Arrangement of the priests into twenty-four courses |
| The Courses After the Captivity --How their number was made up after the return from Babylon--Arrangement of the Levites into twenty-four courses |
| In the Temple of Herod |
| Duties of Priests and Levites |
| The Week's Service --The Sabbath law in the Temple--Arrangement of the courses on duty |
| These Functions Not Sacerdotal --The law opposed to all priestly pretensions--'Learned' and 'unlettered priests' |
| Training of Priests --Value attached to learning |
| Office Hereditary --The high-priests--Their succession |
| Disqualifications for the Priesthood --Age and qualifications for the priestly office |
| The Investiture --High-priests 'by anointing' and high-priests 'by investiture' |
| The Dress of the High-priest |
| Allusions to the Dress in the New Testament |
| The Breast-plate/Mitre/Phylacteries/The Ziz --Were phylacteries at the time of Christ universally worn? |
| The Fourteen Officers --The various officials among the priesthood--The 'elders of the priests' or 'honourable councillors' |
| Their Duties |
| Lower Officials |
| Sources of Support for the Priests --The twenty-four sources whence the support of the priesthood was derived. |