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mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_Blessing" title="Priestly Blessing">Priestly Blessing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pidyon_haben" title="Pidyon haben">Redemption of the firstborn son</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tzaraath#Cause_and_treatment" title="Tzaraath"><i>Tzaraath</i> (skin disease and mildew)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Torah_instruction_of_the_Kohanim" title="The Torah instruction of the Kohanim">The Torah instruction of the Kohanim</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Korban" title="Korban">Sacrifice</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Incense_offering" title="Incense offering">Incense offering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Beth_din_shel_Kohanim" class="mw-redirect" title="Beth din shel Kohanim">Beth din shel Kohanim</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_divisions" title="Priestly divisions">Priestly divisions</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priests</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eleazar" title="Eleazar">Eleazar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Phinehas" title="Phinehas">Phinehas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eli_(biblical_figure)" title="Eli (biblical figure)">Eli</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ahimelech" title="Ahimelech">Ahimelech</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a></li></ul></div><br />(First Temple)<div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shallum" title="Shallum">Shallum</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hilkiah" title="Hilkiah">Hilkiah</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jehoiada" title="Jehoiada">Jehoiada</a></li></ul></div><br />(Second Temple)<div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_the_High_Priest" title="Joshua the High Priest">Joshua the High Priest</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_the_Just" title="Simeon the Just">Simeon the Just</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ishmael_ben_Elisha_HaKohen" title="Ishmael ben Elisha HaKohen">Ishmael ben Elisha HaKohen</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Joshua ben Gamla</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Phannias_ben_Samuel" title="Phannias ben Samuel">Phannias ben Samuel</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Twenty-four_priestly_gifts" title="Twenty-four priestly gifts">Twenty-four priestly gifts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b>The ten gifts given in the Temple</b><br /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sin_offering" title="Sin offering">Sin offering</a></li><li>Guilt offering</li><li>Communal peace offering</li><li>Fowl sin offering</li><li>Leftovers from the suspensive guilt offering</li><li>Oil from the offering for the leper</li><li>Bread from First Fruits</li><li><a href="/wiki/Showbread" title="Showbread">Showbread</a></li><li>Leftovers of the <a href="/wiki/Meal_offering" class="mw-redirect" title="Meal offering">meal offering</a></li><li>Leftovers of the First Sheaf</li></ul></div>.<br /> <b>Four gifts given in Jerusalem</b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firstborn_(Judaism)" title="Firstborn (Judaism)">Firstborn animal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_Fruits#Biblical" title="First Fruits">First fruits</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_offering_(Judaism)" title="Burnt offering (Judaism)">Burnt offering</a></li><li>Parts of the <a href="/wiki/Thank_offering" title="Thank offering">thank offering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nazirite" title="Nazirite">Nazirite</a>'s offering</li></ul></div><br /> <b>Ten gifts given (even) outside of Jerusalem</b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terumah_(offering)" title="Terumah (offering)">Heave offering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Terumat_hamaaser" title="Terumat hamaaser">Heave offering of the Levite's tithe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dough_offering" title="Dough offering">Dough offering</a></li><li>First shearing of the sheep</li><li><a href="/wiki/Foreleg,_cheeks_and_maw" title="Foreleg, cheeks and maw">Foreleg, cheeks and maw</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pidyon_haben" title="Pidyon haben">Coins for redemption of the firstborn son</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Petter_Chamor" class="mw-redirect" title="Petter Chamor">Redemption of a donkey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Herem_(priestly_gift)" title="Herem (priestly gift)">Dedication of property to a priest</a></li><li>Field not redeemed in a Jubilee year</li><li>The property of the foreigner with no heir</li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)">Priestly garments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">All Priests</a></b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_undergarments" title="Priestly undergarments">Undergarments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_tunic" title="Priestly tunic">Tunic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_turban" title="Priestly turban">Turban</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_sash" title="Priestly sash">Sash</a></li></ul></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priest</a></b><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_robe_(Judaism)" title="Priestly robe (Judaism)">Robe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ephod" title="Ephod">Ephod</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_golden_head_plate" title="Priestly golden head plate">Frontlet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Priestly_breastplate" title="Priestly breastplate">Breastplate</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Urim_and_Thummim" title="Urim and Thummim">Urim and Thummim</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; background:transparent; text-align:left; padding-left:5px; padding-top:3px;;color: var(--color-base)">Miscellaneous topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_mitzvah_of_sanctifying_the_Kohen" title="The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen">The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kohanic_disqualifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohanic disqualifications">Kohanic disqualifications</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">Holy anointing oil</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kahen" title="Kahen">Kahen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron%27s_rod" title="Aaron's rod">Aaron's rod</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bat-Kohen" title="Bat-Kohen">Bat-Kohen (daughter of a kohen)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Zadok" title="Sons of Zadok">Sons of Zadok</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_of_Kohen_defilement_by_the_dead" title="Prohibition of Kohen defilement by the dead">Contact by a kohen with a dead body</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/13_Kohanic_cities" title="13 Kohanic cities">13 Kohanic cities</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kehuna_and_Kohanim" title="Template:Kehuna and Kohanim"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kehuna_and_Kohanim" title="Template talk:Kehuna and Kohanim"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kehuna_and_Kohanim" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kehuna and Kohanim"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joshua ben Gamla</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">יהושע בן גמלא</span>), also called <b>Jesus the son of Gamala</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Γαμάλα</span>), was a Jewish <a href="/wiki/Kohen_Gadol" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohen Gadol">high priest</a> in about 64-65 CE. He was killed during the <a href="/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War" title="First Jewish–Roman War">First Jewish–Roman War</a>. While the <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a> refers to Joshua ben Gamla, the earlier Greek works of <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> Flavius call him <i>Γαμάλα μὲν υἱὸς Ἰησοῦς</i> (<i>Gamala men huios Iesous</i>) a <a href="/wiki/Semitism_(linguistics)" title="Semitism (linguistics)">semitism</a> for: <i>The son of Gamala, Jesus</i>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joshua married the rich widow <a href="/wiki/Martha_daughter_of_Boethus" title="Martha daughter of Boethus">Martha</a> of the high-priestly family <a href="/wiki/Boethusians" title="Boethusians">Boethus</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was appointed High Priest by <a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa_II" title="Herod Agrippa II">Herod Agrippa II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Talmudic sources,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martha bribed a "King Jannai" into appointing Joshua High Priest with a tarkab of denarii.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This cannot refer to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" title="Alexander Jannaeus">Alexander Jannaeus</a>, who reigned 150 years earlier and was himself the High Priest, but may refer to King Agrippa II as is mentioned in the Talmudic notes.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two lots used on <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur</a>, previously of boxwood, he made of gold.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joshua did not remain long in office, being forced, after a year, to give way to <a href="/wiki/Mattathias_ben_Theophilus" title="Mattathias ben Theophilus">Mattathias ben Theophilus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Joshua was not a scholar, he cared for the instruction of the young and provided schools in every town for children over five years of age, earning thereby the praises of posterity.<sup id="cite_ref-bb21_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bb21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Talmud states, "Joshua b. Gamala came and ordained that teachers of young children should be appointed in each district and each town, and that children should enter school at the age of six or seven.".<sup id="cite_ref-bb21_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bb21-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is therefore regarded as the founder of the institution of formal Jewish education. </p><p>Although no longer High Priest, Joshua remained one of the leaders of Jerusalem. Together with another former high priest, <a href="/wiki/Ananus_ben_Ananus" title="Ananus ben Ananus">Ananus ben Ananus</a>, and other prominent men, he unsuccessfully opposed the election of <a href="/wiki/Phinehas_b._Samuel" class="mw-redirect" title="Phinehas b. Samuel">Phinehas b. Samuel</a> (68) as high priest.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a> reports that Joshua was an "intimate friend", who reported a plot to replace Josephus as general of Galilee to Josephus' father. Because his father wrote to him of the plot, Josephus was able to resist it.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joshua attempted peaceably to prevent the <a href="/wiki/Idumean" class="mw-redirect" title="Idumean">Idumeans</a> from entering <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Zealot_Temple_Siege" class="mw-redirect" title="Zealot Temple Siege">Zealot Temple Siege</a>. After they came into possession of the city, they killed both Joshua and Ananus as traitors to their country (68).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identification">Identification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_ben_Gamla&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scholars have argued that Joshua ben Gamla of the Talmud is the same high priest from the days of the destruction, and that the priesthood was acquired from <a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa_II" title="Herod Agrippa II">Herod Agrippa II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_ben_Gamla&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus Flavius <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewish_War" title="The Jewish War">De Bello Judaico</a></i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0147%3Abook%3D4%3Awhiston+chapter%3D3%3Awhiston+section%3D9">[1]</a>, 4-3-9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yebamot vi. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Josephus" title="Josephus">Josephus</a>, "Antiquities" 20:9, § 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Talmud Yebamot. 61a; Yoma 18a</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Talmud Yebamoth 61a</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Talmud Yebamoth 61a, note 20 (Rabbi Epstein edition).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yoma 3:9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus, "Antiquities" 20:9, § 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bb21-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bb21_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bb21_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bavli, Baba Bathra 21a</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus "B. J." 4:3, § 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus "Life" 204-205</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Josephus "B. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zealot_Temple_siege" title="Zealot Temple siege">Zealot Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE)" title="Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)">Jerusalem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Last strongholds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Herodium_(71)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Herodium (71)">Herodium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Machaerus" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Machaerus">Machaerus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jardes_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Jardes Forest">Jardes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Masada" title="Siege of Masada">Masada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Belligerents and leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gessius_Florus" title="Gessius Florus">Gessius Florus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Cestius_Gallus_(governor_of_Syria)" title="Gaius Cestius Gallus (governor of Syria)">Cestius Gallus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus" title="Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sextus_Lucilius_Bassus" title="Sextus Lucilius Bassus">Lucilius Bassus</a></li> <li><a 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