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1 | Selection of high priests (revisited)? | Heb 5:4 | Searcher56 | 26918 | ||
Scripture ... Exo 29:9, Num 35:25 .... Brent, greetings. The high priest was supposed to be a direct descendent of Aaron. I think they reamined the high priest until their death. If I remember my history lessons correctly Annas and Caiaphas paid Rome to be high priests, as did the tax collectors. Searcher |
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2 | Aaronic high priest under Rome (new thrd | Heb 5:4 | Brent Douglass | 26930 | ||
Forgive my ignorance, but this is the first I've heard of Rome assigning the Jewish high priest. Can you (or anyone) clarify where the information regarding payment to Rome by high priests came from? Is there any allusion to it in the New Testament? Was it in Josephus? Can anyone verify a reference? Was there some kind of suggestion of bribes indicated (and-or direct assignment by Rome), or did they simply have official responsibility for turning over taxes from the temple treasury or something like that (w- or w-o a suggestion that some abused this by stealing some of it or inflating the amount in exchange for favors, as this would still be a separate issue)? Can anyone clarify? Also, if possible, I'd prefer to keep this as a separate thread from the earlier question of how the high priest was expected to be chosen (Scripturally and-or traditionally). The potential that the priesthood had corrupted its method of choosing the high priest under Rome is also significant, but I'd like to focus on the Scriptural and traditional guidelines in order to gain light on how the selection of Aaronic high priests illustrates the selection of Christ in the Melchizedek order. With respect to the answer about descendency from Aaron, I fully agree with you. All priests (under the Aaronic order of course, not the Melchizedek order) were descendents of Aaron, and that would include the high priest. If they remained high priest until death, could there ever be more than one "high" priest at a time? Annas was still alive when Caiaphas was high priest. Can anyone recommend specific reading that would give insight into this? |
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3 | Aaronic high priest under Rome (new thrd | Heb 5:4 | Searcher56 | 26933 | ||
Extrabiblical resourse .... Brent, this confirms my history lessoon. Annas is described in the Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01536a.htm as being appointed/ removed by Rome. Joseph Caiphas was also appionted http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03143b.htm. S |
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4 | Aaronic high priest under Rome (new thrd | Heb 5:4 | Brent Douglass | 26938 | ||
Thank you, Searcher56, for the direct link to the Josephus references. This looks like an excellent site from which to get information on these people and events. I think I'll be able to find much of what I wanted about the role of Rome in selecting the high priests during their reign. | ||||||