<div dir="ltr">according to the Hebrew wikipedia Matyha bat Baytus bought the high priesthood for her husband Yehoshua ben Gamla towards the end of the second Temple. As we discussed it couldn't be from Alexander Jannai and they guess that it was from Agripas II.<div><br></div><div>Furthermore Yehoshua Ben Gamla was killed during the revolt against Rome.</div><div>(Where the high priest Yishmael ben Elisha fits in we have discussed in the past)<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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