Samaritan High Priest
High priest of the Samaritan community
Samaritan High Priest
The Samaritan High Priest (Samaritan Hebrew: ࠄࠊࠄࠍ ࠄࠂࠃࠅࠋ ak-Kāʾen ag-gādol; Arabic: الكاهن الأكبر al-Kāhin al-Akbar) is the High Priest of Israel for the Samaritans. According to Samaritan tradition, the office has existed continuously since the time of Aaron, the brother of Moses, and has been held by 133 priests over the last 3400 years. However, the historicity of this claim is disputed. One account by Josephus suggests that its office holders are an offshoot of the Zadokite High Priests of the Second Temple from around the time of Alexander the Great. As of 2025, the incumbent High Priest is Aabed-El ben Asher ben Matzliach.
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