Ananias ben Nedebaios
Hananias (also Ananias), son of Nedebaios (Greek form, the corresponding Hebrew name is Nedabiah; at Josephus also the shape Nebedaios appears) († 66 AD..)
Appointed by King Herod of Chalkis , Ananias was high priest in the Temple of Jerusalem from 47 to 59 AD (with one interruption in 52/53 AD) . He presided over the trial of Paul in Jerusalem and appeared in Caesarea Maritima before the governor Felix together with the lawyer Tertullus as the accuser of Paul.
At the instigation of Gaius Ummidius Quadratus , governor of Syria, he was brought to Rome in 52 AD to answer for uprisings in the province. However, he was acquitted by Emperor Claudius .
Josephus reports that at the end of his term of office he was held in the highest honor by the people, as he not only knew how to get rich through financial transactions, but also used this wealth for gifts to the governor Albinus , which made it possible for him to vote favorably. Only his servants would have dared to attack the priests' tithe, as a result of which some priests, deprived of their food, died of starvation.
In the Talmud, on the other hand, he is depicted in a very negative form: he made himself famous solely for his voracity and in his time there was never a sacrifice left.
As a Roman friend and collaborator, he was murdered by the Zealots when the Jewish War broke out .
literature
- Ulrich Wilcken : Ananias 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2056.
Remarks
- ↑ Acts 23.2 EU
- ↑ Acts 24 : 1-21 EU
- ↑ Josephus Flavius Antiquitates Judaica 5/20/2, 9/20/2
- ↑ treatise Pesachim
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ananias ben Nedebaios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ananias ben Nedebaios; Ananias ben Nebedee; Ananias ben Nedabiah; Ananias ben Nebedee; Ananias ben Nedabiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | High Priest in the Temple of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 66 |