Category:Menelaus (subject)

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Menelaus (2nd century BCE) was the Jewish High Priest, from 172 to 162 BCE.

Overview

Menelaus was the first non-Zadokite High Priest to serve in the Second Temple, from 172 BCE when he deposed the last Zadokite High Priest Jason, to 162 BCE, when he was put to death by the Syrian King Antiochus V Eupator.

Menelaus in ancient sources

Menelaus in scholarship

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