Transcription of Priest, Prophet, Wisdom Teacher: Old Testament Models of ...
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Word & World 9/4 (1989)Copyright 1989 by Word & World, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. All rights 351 Priest, prophet , Wisdom Teacher: Old Testament Models of the Minister*DANIEL J. SIMUNDSONL uther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MinnesotaWhat is a minister, anyway? How are ministers different from other believers? Areligious community needs leaders. It will find some way to generate them, choose them, appointthem, and assign specific functions for them to perform. In ancient Israel, we hear about threedistinct types of religious leaders priest, prophet , and Wisdom teacher . By looking at each ofthese in some detail, perhaps we can learn something about the leadership needs of thecontemporary PRELIMINARY REMARKS1.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and humans should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.” The priest is the one who brings the means of grace to people.
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