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High Priest of Israel

כהן גדול he

Chief religious official of ancient Judaism

  • Also called High Priests of Israel, Cohen gadol, Kohen gadol
Who held it Compare

Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 22 holders
  • 2 gaps
  • 8 steps named in the records
  • 10 undated
  1. 515 BCE – 490 BCE Joshua biblical character (Book of Zechariah)

  2. Gap about 338 years with no holder recorded

    Jonathan Apphus medal 152 BCE – 143 BCE Jonathan Apphus Leader of the Hasmonean dynasty from 161 to 143 BCE
  3. Simon Thassi medal 143 BCE – 134 BCE Simon Thassi second son of Mattathias, the first prince (r. 141–135 BCE) of the Hasmonean dynasty of the Kingdom of Judea
  4. John Hyrcanus medal 134 BCE – 104 BCE John Hyrcanus Hasmonean ruler
  5. Aristobulus I medal 104 BCE – 103 BCE Aristobulus I ruler of Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty
  6. Alexander Jannaeus medal 103 BCE – 76 BCE Alexander Jannaeus second king of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea
  7. Hyrcanus II medal 76 BCE – 66 BCE Hyrcanus II High Priest and king of Judea
  8. Aristobulus II medal 66 BCE – 63 BCE Aristobulus II Jewish High Priest and King of Judea, 66 BC to 63 BC
  9. Hyrcanus II medal 63 BCE – 40 BCE Hyrcanus II High Priest and king of Judea
  10. Antigonus II Mattathias medal 40 BCE – 37 BCE Antigonus II Mattathias king of Judea
  11. 36 BCE Aristobulus III of Judea last scion of the Hasmonean royal house

  12. Gap about 81 years with no holder recorded

    46 CE – 58 CE Ananias ben Nedebaios 1st century AD High Priest of Israel

No dates recorded 10

  • Dates unrecorded Aaron male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
  • Dates unrecorded Eli High Priest of Shiloh (Books of Samuel)
  • Dates unrecorded Eleazar male human biblical figure in Exodus 6:23, son of Aaron, Hebrew Bible priest
  • Dates unrecorded Ahimelech Biblical character; priest at Nob (1 Samuel)
  • Dates unrecorded Abiathar male human biblical figure in 1 Samuel 22:20-23 &c, high priest at Nob
  • Dates unrecorded Phinehas Third high priest of Israel
  • Dates unrecorded Hilkiah Hebrew priest at the time of King Josiah
  • Dates unrecorded Jehoiada Biblical character, in 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings
  • Dates unrecorded Zadok biblical character
  • Dates unrecorded Simeon the Just Jewish High Priest during the time of the Second Temple
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