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The high priest is the chief of all the priests; he should be anointed and invested with the priestly garments; but if the sacred oil were not obtainable, [36] investiture with the additional four garments is regarded as sufficient. [37] A high priest so invested is known as merubbeh begadim.
Joseph ben Caiaphas [a] (/ ˈ k aɪ. ə. f ə s /; [b] c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD) was the High Priest of Israel during the years of Jesus' ministry, according to Josephus. [1] In the New Testament, the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John indicate he was an organizer of the plot to kill Jesus.
Priestly lists for this period appear in the Bible, Josephus and the Seder Olam Zutta, but with differences. While Josephus and Seder 'Olam Zuta each mention 18 high priests, [4] the genealogy given in 1 Chronicles 6:3–15 gives 12 names, culminating in the last high priest Seriah, father of Jehozadak. However, it is unclear whether all those ...
Annas served officially as High Priest for ten years (AD 6–15), when at the age of 36 he was deposed by the procurator Valerius Gratus.Yet while having been officially removed from office, he remained as one of the nation's most influential political and social individuals, aided greatly by the fact that his five sons and his son-in-law Caiaphas all served at sometime as High Priests. [4]
A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:9. An ancestor of Ezra (1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:3). One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). Great-grandfather of Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1).
Zadok was also chief officer over the Aaronites. [13] The term high priest is not used in the Hebrew scriptures from the time of Joshua until the reign of Joash. [14] Both Zadok and Abiathar functioned in tandem as priests at the time of David's hasty exit from Jerusalem.
However, Josephus does not mention a Jehoiada in his list of High Priests (10:151-153). According to the medieval chronicle Seder Olam Zutta (804 CE), Jehoiada was a High priest. The Book of Chronicles states in 2 Chronicles 24:6 [4] that Jehoiada was the "chief", with some translations adding in the word "priest" afterwards. This could be ...
The earliest priest mentioned in the Bible, Melchizedek, was a priest of the Most High and a contemporary of Abram. [1] The first priest mentioned of another god is Potipherah priest of On, whose daughter Asenath married Joseph in Egypt. The third priest to be mentioned is Jethro, priest of Midian, and Moses' father in law. [2]