Talk:List of High Priests of Israel

message: It seems that occasionally the High Priest was also the King or Judge.  For example, Jehoshaphat the HP is contemporary with Jehoshaphat the King of Judah.  And Azariah II the High Priest is contemporary with Azariah (Uzziah) the King of Judah.  Indeed, Azariah the HP's father is Ahimaaz, while Azariah the King's father is Amaziah -- the names are cognate. And both have sons by the name of Jotham! There are examples in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, too.  The Prophets Zechariah and Hosea are contemporaries of the Northern Kings Zechariah and Hosea.  Like Deborah in Judges, who is both Priestess and Queen, it seems that the role of Priest-King was sometimes combined, as under the Maccabees.  Perhaps this was edited out after the Babylonian Exile so that the Priesthood would not appear a threat to their overlord Kings of Persia and Greece.
:This is at best original research. However, your quickly made equation that Jehoshaphat the high priest was also king is impossible. High priests, as are all priests, are descendents of Aaron of the tribe of Levi while kings of Judah were descendents of David, tribe of Judah. Also, contrary to your claims, the prophet Zechariah was not the contemporary of any king, northern or otherwise, but lived after the exile. Deborah, of course, was neither queen nor priestess (something that didn't exist). That you speculate about editing after the exile brings your posting full circle. It is all made up by you. Str1977 (talk) 10:36, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Priests are kings?

message: Is the Boethus link (Joshua ben Gamaliel 63-64-) pointing to the right entry?  I'm not saying it's wrong, but it seems unusual for a Jewish High Priest to be related (albeit by marriage) to a Greek sculptor. Gifford (talk) 12:26, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, seems to be wrong.  Fixed it, hopefully. john k (talk) 02:22, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Random Question

message: That's the view I hold, thou it also means we have to throw out certain assumptions abut the orign of the DSS.
:Quite impossible. Onias IV went to Egypt and stayed there. The followers of the Moreh Tzedek went to Qumran and insisted very much on the connection with the "Land of Israel". Str1977 (talk) 10:36, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Onias VI Might have been the Teacher of Righteousness 

message: What is the source for the dates given? A lot of them seem to go back to about March 2006. The article currently gives Jaddua's service as c. 371-320 BC. It then gives the service of his son Manasseh as c. 245-240 BC. This could conceivably have occurred if Manasseh had been born when his father had been high priest for fifty years (making Jaddua a very elderly father), and Manasseh had then become high priest at the age of 74/5. But it looks unlikely. The Jewish Encyclopedia article "High Priest" does not (perhaps wisely) attempt to provide dates. The JE article "Jaddua" discusses the chronological difficulties.The JE article "Onias" gives the death of Onias II about 181 BC. 
The sequence of precise dates in Regnal Chronologies starts with the end of Onias III's tenure in 175 BC. Incidentally, I am not sure how that page uses 'early' and 'late' for BC centuries. "Onias I late 300's" is followed by "Simon the Just early 200's" which might imply that "late 300's" means c. 301 BC and "early 200's" means c. 299 BC. But then "Joshua late 500's" is *followed* by "Joiakim mid 500's". 
James C. VanderKam, 'From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests After the Exile', 2004, page 491 also does not give dates before 175 BC, but does give details of contemporaries. I suggest that this article should follow that source.
Thoughts/comments? Alekksandr (talk) 21:36, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done. Alekksandr (talk) 21:42, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: Wasn't Melchizedek high priest who anointed Abraham in his time? I had figured although it remains somewhat sparse with information concerning the personage extant today from early sourcing; that he was at least attestable from originating material. Nagelfar (talk) 18:06, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melchizedek? 

message: Why is Yehoshua shown next to Izus?
What is the reason and reference for this?
I cannot find a Yehoshua referenced at this time. 
Mythosmann (talk) 14:06, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yehoshua