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Zadok, also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, Zadoq, Tzadok or Tsadoq, was a Kohen, biblically recorded to be a descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron. He was the High Priest of Israel during the reigns of David
Detail of Zadok in The Anointing of Solomon (c. 1630) by Cornelis de Vos
The Anointing of Solomon by Cornelis de Vos. According to 1 Kings 1:39, Zadok anointed Solomon as king.
Sadducees
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The Sadducees were a sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The Sadducees are described in contempo
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…Adonizedek). Under this theory the Aaronic lineage ascribed to Zadok is a later, anachronistic interpolation. Abraham Geiger was of the opinion that the Sadducee ("Tzadoki" in Mishnaic pronunciation) sect of Judaism drew their name from Zadok, with the leaders of the sect proposed as the sons of Zadok. However…
The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus by James Tissot (Brooklyn Museum)