view all
Immediate Family
About Yohannan HaCohen, High Priest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattathias
History of Mattathias:
The father of Judah and the other Maccabee leaders, Mattathias was from a rural priestly family from Modi'in. Like all fit priests, he served in the Temple in Jerusalem. He was a son of Yohannan, grandson of Simeon, the Hasmonean, and great-grandson of Asmon or Hasmonaeus, a Levite of the lineage of Joarib for being the 5th grandson of Idaiah, son of Joarib and grandson of Jachin, in turn a descendant of Phinehas, 3rd High Priest of Israel, according to Mattathias' own words in I Maccabees.
view all
Yohannan HaCohen, High Priest's Timeline
-192 |
-192
|
Modiin, Judea
|
|
???? |
Israel
|
||
???? |
High Priest of Israel
|
||
???? |
Israel
|