Shim ̔on ha-Şadiq in his Historical Contexts

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ID4007891
AuthorsOry Amitay (0000-0002-6200-2963, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume58
Issue2
Pages236-249
Publication date2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Jewish Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2097 • E-ISSN: 2056-6689
PublisherOxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.18647/2733/jjs-2007
OpenAlexW2318817093
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The identity and chronology of Shim ̔on ha-Şadiq have been a subject of ongoing controversy for centuries. Three possible candidates have been suggested as Shim ̔on ha-Şadiq: Shim ̔on I and Shim ̔on II-Şadoqite high-priests at both ends of the third century BC, as well as Shim ̔on the Hasmonean. A re-examination of the evidence shows that the rabbinic Shim ̔on ha-Şadiq cannot be identified exclusively with any of these candidates. Rather, he is a mythical persona based, to varying degrees, on all three. Rabbinic Shim ̔on ha-Şadiq thus represents the swansong of the Şadoqite dynasty in Jerusalem, and the rare respite from major violent conflict, enjoyed by the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel for the most part of the third century. It is the mythical nature of Shim ̔on that enabled later rabbinic authors to connect his name with other, much later, historical events

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