From Joshua to Caiaphas
High Priests after the Exile
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2004
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Publisher's Description
Beginning late in the Old Testament period and continuing for the next six hundred years, the Jewish high priests were often the most important members of Jewish society. They not only possessed religious authority but also exercised political control. This book gathers and assesses the surviving evidence about each of the fifty-one men who served as high priest from about 515 BCE until approximately 70 CE when the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
Endorsements (3)
“James VanderKam has written the first complete history of the high priests in the Second Temple period. Like all VanderKam's work, this is marked by clarity of style, thoroughness of coverage and sound judgment. An indispensable reference work for the study of Second Temple Judaism.”
“An extremely significant comprehensive study of the high priesthood of the Second Temple. It is becoming increasingly clear how all-important the priesthood was in early Judaism. This study is now the indispensable starting point for sorting through the texts and research on this topic.”
“VanderKam shows how to sustain a historical narrative while presenting the detailed exegesis and nuanced judgments that inform and support it. His meticulous research brings to life in their contexts the influential personages who populate the world of the Apocrypha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and Josephus and provides fresh insights and historical refinements for students of Second Temple Judaism and first-century Christianity. A Mature piece of historical analysis.”
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