Talk:High Priest of Israel

message: So he was "THE" high priest meaning that there have never been any other high priests? Or is Kohen Gadol simply hebrew for high priest? 192.133.12.101 20:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have changed the intro I hope it is clearer now.  If you still thinks the article needs improvement either be bold and change it yourself, or comment here.  Jon513 19:37, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was THE high priest? 

message: I don't think it helps Wikipedia to have an article which is basically a copy and paste from a century old text. It reads badly, may be out of date, and edits which change the meaning end up still unsourced but people may think come from the original. I thought it was copyvio and removed most of it, but have replaced it now although I'm tempted to remove it again as I think there would then be a chance it would be built up into a decent article, which isn't likely to happen if left as it is. Dougweller (talk) 18:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy and paste 

message: This was labelled as an image, I've changed it to hypothetical reconstruction. I can't find evidence that Hattin meets our criteria at WP:RS so may be removing it entirely. Dougweller (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Copyvio, removing it. Dougweller (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Janshen 'image' 

message: As a non-Jew, I think the article would be improved by a section near the beginning that discusses the primary sources of information about the High Priest. These would appear to be (a) the Bible (anything outside the Torah proper?), (b) the Apocrypha and deuterocanonical books, (c) Josephus, and (d) the Talmud. Anything else, such as archaeological finds or remarks in other writers in the classical period than Josephus? The present article is very much an article by and for convinced Jews. Wikipedia has a much broader outreach than that, however, so more attention needs to be given to the overall picture.
There must also be scholarly dispute over the interpretation of the primary sources, but this article is silent on such disputes. Human nature being what it is, the traditional Jewish interpretation of the primary sources is sure to have been rejected by some scholars. Surely, in the century since the Jewish Encyclopedia was published, there has been further study and discovery of information relating to the High Priest?
Finally, what about the Jewish temples at Alexandria and Elephantine? Did they have their own high priests, or were they subordinate to the Jerusalem temple? And what about the Samaritans?
Or to put this another way: this article as it stands does not answer the question, "How do we know this?"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Floozybackloves (talk • contribs) 15:17, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More about sources of information 

message: See subject. Spellung of "hallah, challah" should be regularized.
Shlishke (talk) 04:55, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Catholicus" needs in-line explanation/dating of why a Greek word all of a sudden appears. Linked article must be edited to reflect (as [[Catholicus]] stands now it is a nonsensical cross-reference 

message: Scientific works, including those referenced here, do not capitalise the term. Only *some (!) Christian sources* do *when referring to Jesus Christ* as "the great high priest". The title should be changed accordingly. Arminden (talk) 17:46, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. WP:COMMONNAME seems to mandate High priest of Israel. There's been no discussion about this. Read WP:RM. Maybe wait a couple of days and then just move it if no one objects? Any later objection can be discussed. Editing seems very inactive, which is another factor. Doug Weller talk 09:54, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Over)capitalisation 

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