rules and rituals of worship, and the crucial role of priests, expanding considerably on the role given to Aaron (all Levites are priests, but according to P only the descendants of Aaron were to be allowed to officiate in the inner sanctuary).

Background

The history of exilic and post-exilic Judah is little known, but a summary of current theories can be made as follows:
*Religion in monarchic Judah centred around ritual sacrifice in the Temple in Jerusalem. There, worship was

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