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Onias (other)
Onias may refer to: People *Any of the Jewish high priests known as Onias ( he, חוֹנִיּוֹ, link=no ''Honio'', also ''Honiyya'' or ''Honiyahu'') at the time of the Second Temple, described by such sources as Josephus: **Onias I, son of Jaddua and high priest in the late 4th and early 3rd century BCE **Onias II, son of Simon the Just and probably grandson of Onias I, high priest in the early 2nd century BCE **Onias III, son of Simon II and high priest in the early 2nd century BCE **Onias IV, son of Onias III who was never high priest but built the temple in the Land of Onias **Menelaus (High Priest), who according to Josephus was originally called Onias, second successor and murderer of Onias III *Onias C. Skinner (1817–1877), American jurist and legislator * Onias Mupumha (born 1978), Zimbabwean sculptor Places *The Land of Onias, an area in Ptolemaic Egypt named after Onias IV that was heavily settled by Jews *Alpha Onias III, a planet in the ''Star Trek: The Next Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohen Ha-Gadol
High Priest ( he, כהן גדול, translit=Kohen Gadol or ; ) was the title of the chief religious official of Judaism from the early post- Exilic times until the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE. Previously, in the Israelite religion, including during the time of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, other terms were used to designate the leading priests; however, as long as a king was in place, the supreme ecclesiastical authority lay with him. The official introduction of the term "high priest" went hand-in-hand with a greatly enhanced ritual and political significance bestowed upon the chief priest of the Israelites in the post-Exilic period, especially from 411 BCE onward due to the religious transformations brought about during the time of the Babylonian captivity and due to the lack of a Jewish king and kingdom. The high priests belonged to the Jewish priestly families that trace their paternal line back to Aaron—the first high priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
