Simon son of Boethus (also known as Simon son of Boëthus,
Simeon ben Boethus
or Shimon ben Boethus
) () was a
Jewish High priest (ca. 23 – 4 BCE) in the 1st century BCE and father-in-law of
Herod the Great.
According to
Josephus, he was also known by the name Cantheras (). His family is believed to have been connected to the school of the
Boethusian
The Boethusians () were a Jewish sect closely related to, if not a development of, the Sadducees.
Origins according to the Talmud
The post- Talmudic work ''Avot of Rabbi Natan'' gives the following origin of the schism between the Pharisees and ...
s, and a family whose origins are from
Alexandria in
Egypt.
He succeeded
Jesus, son of Fabus and was removed by Herod when his daughter,
Mariamne II was implicated in the plot of
Antipater
Antipater (; grc, , translit=Antipatros, lit=like the father; c. 400 BC319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman under the subsequent kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collaps ...
against her husband in 4 BCE. As a result, Herod divorced her and removed her father (Simon Boethus) as high priest.
[Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'']
Book XVII
Chapter 4:2 Simon's grandson Herod II was removed from the line of succession in Herod's last will.
See also
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Simon son of Joseph
Simon of Peraea or Simon son of Joseph was a former slave of Herod the Great who rebelled and was killed by the Romans some time after Herod's death in 4 BC. Some have identified him as possibly being the messiah of Gabriel's Revelation, but this ...
References
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1st-century BCE High Priests of Israel