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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Alcimus was appointed High Priest by [[Antiochus V]] and [[Lysias]] to succeed [[Menelaus]], who was blamed by the [[Seleucids]] for all trouble in Jerusalem and executed as a traitor. Alcimus was reconfirmed under [[Demetrius I. After his sudden death, the high priesthood remained vacant for some years. | Alcimus was appointed High Priest by [[Antiochus V Eupator]] and [[Lysias]] to succeed [[Menelaus]], who was blamed by the [[Seleucids]] for all trouble in Jerusalem and executed as a traitor. Alcimus was reconfirmed under [[Demetrius I Soter]]. After his sudden death, the high priesthood remained vacant for some years. | ||
Both [[1 Maccabees]] and [[2 Maccabees]] are hostile toward Alcimus, but he does not seem to have been a leader of the Hellenistic party. He was an Aaronite (not a member of the House of Zadok]]), was pro-Seleucid and anti-Hasmonean. | Both [[1 Maccabees]] and [[2 Maccabees]] are hostile toward Alcimus, but he does not seem to have been a leader of the Hellenistic party. He was an Aaronite (not a member of the House of Zadok]]), was pro-Seleucid and anti-Hasmonean. | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 24 January 2011
Alcimus was a Jewish High Priest.
Overview
Alcimus was appointed High Priest by Antiochus V Eupator and Lysias to succeed Menelaus, who was blamed by the Seleucids for all trouble in Jerusalem and executed as a traitor. Alcimus was reconfirmed under Demetrius I Soter. After his sudden death, the high priesthood remained vacant for some years.
Both 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are hostile toward Alcimus, but he does not seem to have been a leader of the Hellenistic party. He was an Aaronite (not a member of the House of Zadok]]), was pro-Seleucid and anti-Hasmonean.
The possibility that the writing of 1 Baruch be connected to his appointment, would shed more light on an otherwise obscure figure.
Select Bibliography (articles)
- Alcimus / Uriel Rappaport / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 1:145
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