So why is it incumbent on most people to know anything about so few people?
because the subject is remarkably interesting.
To a few people.
Me? I think the interesting part of their history is their transition from a priesthood to a parliament.
If you had even the slightest concept of the actual nature of that "priesthood" to which
you refer and the actual form of the government back in the day, you would not make the --sorry to say---the idiot comment above. The israeli parliament, today, is based
far more on the SANHEDRIN of the past----than on the "priests" of the Temple. Your
sunday school education is SHINING FORTH