Simon ben Camithus was a 1st-century
High Priest of Israel
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 ...
, who was given the office by the Roman procurator
Valerius Gratus
Valerius Gratus was the 4th Roman Prefect of Judaea province under Tiberius from 15 to 26 AD.
History
He succeeded Annius Rufus in 15 and was replaced by Pontius Pilate in 26. The government of Gratus is chiefly remarkable for the frequent change ...
and held the office from 17
AD to 18AD.
Very little is known of him, however he is briefly mentioned in the
Talmud
The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...
as one of the seven sons of Kimchit to serve as high priest, and according to
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for ''The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...
was succeeded as High Priest by
Joseph Caiaphas
Joseph ben Caiaphas (; c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD), known simply as Caiaphas (; grc-x-koine, Καϊάφας, Kaïáphas ) in the New Testament, was the Jewish high priest who, according to the gospels, organized a plot to kill Jesus. He famously pr ...
.
[N. L. Kuehl, 199]
A Book of Evidence
(Chapter Four).
References
1st-century High Priests of Israel
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