[Avodah] halacha and history

[Michael Poppers via Avodah]

In Avodah V33n160, RnLL wrote:
> The name Onias, by which several of the High Priests of the time were
known, is the Greek transliteration of Chonyo, which is a short form of
Yochanan.  Like Rick and Richard.  Jason, the Hellenist High Priest, was
the successor to his brother Onias III, who is probably the Yochanan Kohen
Gadol who was the father of Mattitiyahu. <
and
> Mattitiyahu was the son of the Kohen Gadol.  He could have been the Kohen
Gadol himself. <
I know this thought isn't as simple as taking "ben" literally, but couldn't
Matisyahu have been described as a "ben Yochanan" in the sense of being a
worthy successor as leader to a Yochanan Kohen Gadol (if not also a
descendant, a connotation of "ben", yet not a son)?
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