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Simon II depicted in Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) Simon II was a High Priest of Israel during the Second Temple period. He was the son of Onias II, and was probably succeeded by Onias III. There are two main sources that discuss Simon II: the Book of Sirach (also known as Ecclesiasticus) and possibly 3 Maccabees. Based on the ...
Onias III from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicles (1493) Onias III (Hebrew: חוֹנִיּוֹ Ḥōnīyyō), son of Simon II, was Jewish High Priest during the Second Temple period. He is described in scriptures as a pious man who opposed the Hellenization of Judea. [1] He was succeeded by his brother Jason in 175 BCE.
Simon II, son of Onias II. Contemporary of Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt (221–204 BCE). Onias III, son of Simon II (?–175 BC), murdered 170 BCE Onias IV, son of Onias III, fled to Egypt and in c. 150 BCE built a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis (closed between 66–73 CE). Jason, son of Simon II, 175–172 BCE (the last of the Zadokite dynasty).
According to Josephus, Simeon the Righteous is Simon I (310–291 or 300–273 BCE), son of Onias I, and grandson of Jaddua. [2] Many statements concerning him are variously ascribed by scholars, ancient and modern, to four different persons who bore the same name: Simeon I (by Fränkel and Grätz); Simeon II (by Krochmal in the 18th century, Brüll in the 19th, and Moore and Zeitlin in the ...
Simon I depicted by Hartmann Schedel's book named Nuremberg Chronicles. Simon I, son of Onias I, (310–291 or 300–270 BCE) was High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. Some writers identify him with Simeon the Just: the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) names Fränkel and Grätz as examples. [1]
Onias II (Hebrew: חוֹנִיּוֹ Ḥōniyyō or Honio or Honiyya ben Shimon; Greek: Onias Simonides) was the son of Simon I.He was still a minor when his father died, so his uncle Eleazar, and whom after, the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated as high priests before Onais himself succeeded to that dignity. [1]
Simon, from Chapter 3, continues his dispute with Onias III; Onias complains to the king about him. After Seleucus IV's death, Antiochus IV Epiphanes comes to the throne (~175 BCE). Jason, a brother of Onias III, offers a larger tribute to Antiochus than what Onias was paying, and is appointed the new High Priest.
Onias III, son of Simon II and high priest in the early 2nd century BCE; Onias IV, son of Onias III who was never high priest but built the temple in the Land of Onias; Menelaus (High Priest), who according to Josephus was originally called Onias, second successor and murderer of Onias III; Onias C. Skinner (1817–1877), American jurist and ...