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Phinehas' Intercessory Prayer: A Rabbinic and Targumic Reading of the Baal Peor Narrative
Abstract
A number of Rabbinic texts, along with Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, portray Phinehas as interceding with God, through prayer, on Israel’s behalf, in the aftermath of the Baal Peor apostasy, recounted in Numbers 25 and Psalm 106. This tradition constitutes an exegetical innovation, as nowhere in scripture is Phinehas represented in the act of prayer. The Phinehas-prayer nexus is explored, with attention to the creative reading of the verb פּﬥﬥ in Ps. 106:31; the significance of prayer in the Rabbinic and Targumic worldview; and the changing role of the priesthood in a post-Temple environment. The article also considers the implications of intercessory prayer as an aspect of Phinehas’ zealotry.
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- Authors
- Bernat, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Wellesley College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bernat, David A.
- Venue
- Journal of Jewish Studies
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 263-282
- ISSN
- 0022-2097 (ISSN-L)
- 2056-6689
- OpenAlex
- W2329486323
- Semantic Scholar
- a3d2b641f8da44d077eac31521c2ae943341a40b
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- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2014: 1
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Jewish Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Qur’anic Interpretation Studies
- Keywords
- Phinehas, intercessory prayer, Numbers 25, Psalm 106, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, rabbinic interpretation, priesthood, fanaticism, apostasy
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