Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Beginnings

High Priests of the Persian Period

High Priests in the Early Hellenistic Period

The Hasmonean High Priests (153-37 BCE)

The High Priests in the Herodian Age (37 BCE to 70 CE)List of High Priests

Bibliography

Index of Ancient People

Index of Ancient Sources

About the Author

James C. VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited thirteen volumes in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert and is a member of the editorial committee for the remaining unpublished Dead Sea scrolls. He is one of the two editors in chief of the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000) and author of the prize-winning The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994), From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (2000), An Introduction to Early Judaism (2001), The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002), and From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile (Fortress, 2004). Prof. VanderKam is the former editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature.