From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile.From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile. By James C. VanderKam (Fortress, $35). This comprehensive study of the high priests in the Second Period examines 51 high priests over a six-century period. The first six are mentioned in the Old Testament, and Annas and Caiaphas appear in the New Testament. Other sources include the Elephantine papyri, the Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea. Most of the documents were written or copied between the 1st cent. B.C. and the first half of the 1st cent. A.D. , several works in the Apocrypha, and, most important, the works of Josephus. V. negotiates magisterially mag·is·te·ri·al adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master or teacher; authoritative: a magisterial account of the history of the English language. b. among these fragmented and sometimes contradictory sources as he attempts to gather and assess all the available information. A secondary aim is to identify those periods when the high priests also exercised civic authority. The title is somewhat misleading; there were actually fourteen high priests after Caiaphas, who served 18-36 or 37 C.E. The handsome dust jacket features a picture of an inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. pomegranate pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum from the eighth century B.C.E reading "holy to the priests." Unfortunately, subsequent to the printing of this book, that inscription has now been probably identified as a forgery. RWK RWK Rework RWK Race War Kingdoms (online game) |
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