[Avodah] halacha and history

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

<<1.  Could it be that Yochanan "kohen gadol" doesn't mean "High Priest"
but
rather "a great priest"?

2. Could it be that Josephus' list of Kohanim Gedolim is incomplete  and
inaccurate?  Highly likely, I'd say.

3. Could it be that Matisyahu became Kohen Gadol -- or Acting Kohen Gadol
-- only for a short while, just the time it took to purify the BHM'K and
maybe  for a short time thereafter?  And if so, the fact that he  formerly
lived in Modi'in is irrelevant, because when he purified the BHM'K  (and
acted
as Kohen Gadol) he was necessarily in Jerusalem. >>

1. Would indeed solve many problems if one is willing to make that
translation

2. Am not sure it is highly likely but at least a reasonable possibility

3.  I don't think that Mattisyahu was alive by time they conqurered
Jerusalem.
Even Yehuda didnt become high priest

-- 
Eli Turkel
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