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Joshua Phabi
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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High priest (c. 30 B.C.). He was deposed by Herod the Great, his office being given to Simon, the son of Boethus, the king's father-in-law (Josephus, "Ant." 15:9, § 3). Jesus'father's name in this passage of Josephus (ed. Niese) has the form Φοαβι; the same name was borne by the high priests Ishmael b. Phabi I. (c. 15 C.E.) and II. (c. 60 C.E.), and is found in rabbinical works (also 
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The name is probably Egyptian (see Parthey, "Aegyptische Personennamen," s. Φαβις); hence the many variants in Greek as well as in Hebrew texts. It follows from this that Jesus b. Phabi was a native of Egypt, like his predecessor Hananeel (Parah 3:5) and his successor Simon, who was of the family of the Boethusians.
Bibliography:
- Grätz, Gesch. 4th ed., 3:223;
- Schürer, Gesch. 3d ed., 2:216;
- Krauss, Lehnwörter, 2:419;
- Wilcken, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien, Index, s. Φαμīν and ΦαΦις, Leipsic and Berlin, 1899.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua Phabi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-phabi.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua Phabi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-phabi.html. 1901.
