The Temple: Its Ministry and Services

Name: The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Author: Alfred Edersheim

Alfred Edersheim (1825–1889) was an Austrian-born Jewish scholar who converted to Christianity and became a British biblical scholar and clergyman. Ordained in the Church of Scotland and later the Church of England, he lectured at Oxford on the Septuagint. He is best known for The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (1883), a rich account of Christ's world; our library also holds his Sketches of Jewish Social Life and The Temple.

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First published: 1874
Category: Church History
Length: 100k words · about 7 hours
Chapters: 21
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

Alfred Edersheim's account of the Temple at Jerusalem, its ministry, and its services as they stood in the time of Christ, first published in 1874. Edersheim describes the courts and priesthood, the daily sacrifices, and the great feasts, drawing on Scripture and Jewish tradition. The book helps readers picture the worship that forms the background to so much of the New Testament.

Preface
A First View of Jerusalem, and of the Temple
Within the Holy Place
Temple Order, Revenues, and Music 🔒
The Officiating Priesthood 🔒
Sacrifices: Their Order and Their Meaning 🔒
The Burnt-Offering, the Sin- and Trespass-Offering, and the Peace-Offering 🔒
At Night in the Temple 🔒
The Morning and the Evening Sacrifice 🔒
Sabbath in the Temple 🔒
Festive Cycles and Arrangement of the Calendar 🔒
The Passover 🔒
The Paschal Feast and the Lord’s Supper 🔒
The Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost 🔒
The Feast of Tabernacles 🔒
The New Moons: The Feast of the Seventh New Moon, or of Trumpets, or New Year’s Day 🔒
The Day of Atonement 🔒
Post-Mosaic Festivals 🔒
On Purifications 🔒
On Vows 🔒
Acknowledgements 🔒