high priest motifs in the 2nd century - Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra

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The book does have an incredible section where it reviews various high priest motifs.

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The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity: The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth Century (2003)
Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra
https://books.google.com/books?id=nqbzCb_2wNkC&pg=PA244

Jewish Christian traditions from the second century recognize at least four legendary leaders who are described in high-priestly terms, although historically they were definitely not high priests in the temple and some of them were neither Aaronides nor even Levites. These leaders include:

(1) Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist,3
(2) Simeon,4
(3) John, the Beloved Disciple,5 and
(4) James, the brother of Christ.6 - p. 244

3 On apocryphal legends linked to Zechariah, see still A. Berendts, Studien tuber Zacharias-Apokryphen und Zacharias-Legenden (Leipzig, 1895).

4 On Simeon (Luke 2:25.34), see S. Porter, “Simeon 3,” Anchor Bible Dictionary 6 (1992) 26-28.

5 On John in general, see R.A. Culpepper, John, the Son of Zebedee. The Life of a Legend (Studies on Personalities of the New Testament; Columbia [S.C.], 1994).

6 On James in general, see J. Painter, Just James. The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition (Studies on Personalities of the New Testament; Columbia [S.C.], 1997); W. Pratscher, Der Herrenbruder Jakobus und die Jakobustradition (Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 139; Gottingen, 1983); and idem, “Jakobus (Herrenbruder),” Reallexikon fiir Antike und Christentum 18 (1998) 1227-1243;

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This continues through p. 257.

p. 245 - general priestly
p. 246-248 - James
p. 249-253 - (blank)
p. 254-255 - middle of Zechariah
p. 255 - Simeon and John
p. 256-257 - John, the Beloved Disciple -
very few sources, high priestly - Polycrates letter 190 CE in Eusebius
Hippolytus colophon mentioned by Robert Eisler
(Richard Bauckham has more details)

"definitely not high priests" - have to review the evidences.

Theophilus, the high priest from 37-41, to whom Luke dedicated the Prologues of Luke and Acts, is unmentioned.

Also mentions:
Simeon of Clopas (traditionallly seen as successor of James as Bishop of Jerusalem)

Zechariah Simeon and James are linked in tradition
common tomb in the Mount of Olives

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