In an interplay of analyses, relevant biblical texts (esp. Hag.; Zech. 18; Ezra 16, Gen. 14; Ps. 110) and extra-biblical sources, this study reconstructs the development of the politically influential office of the high priest in Jerusalem. Countering a widespread research trend, this study draws the conclusion that the politicization of the Jerusalem office of the high priest did not begin before the Seleucid age.

Sarah Schulz, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.