From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests After the Exile

576 Pages·2005·34.974 MB·English

by  VanderKam

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High Priests after the Exile
JAMES C. VANDERKAM
Fortress Press Van Gorcum
Minneapolis, U.S.A. Assen, the Netherlands
FROM JOSHUA TO CAIAPHAS
High Priests after the Exile
This volume is published as a collaboration between Fortress Press and Royal Van Gorcum.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
VanderKam, James C.
From Joshua to Caiaphas : high priests after the Exile / James VanderKam.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8006-2617-6 (alk. paper)
1. Jewish high priests—History. 2. Jews—History—586 B.C.-70 A.D. I. Title.
BM651.V36 2004
296.4'95—dc22
2004011406
ISBN 0-8006-2617-6 (Fortress Press)
ISBN 90 232 4074 X (Van Gorcum)
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Contents
PREFACE vii
ABBREVIATIONS Xili
1. Beginnings
2. High Priests of the Persian Period 43
3. High Priests in the Early Hellenistic Period Li
4. The Hasmonean High Priests (152-37 BcE) 240
5. The High Priests in the Herodian Age (37 BCE to 70 cE) 394
List oF HIGH PRIESTS 491
BIBLIOGRAPHY 494
INDEX OF ANCIENT PEOPLE 523
INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES 528
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