The family of Boethos (or Boethus) produced many High Priests of Israel. They may have been related to the Boethusians.
- Simon, son of Boethus from Alexandria,[1] was made a high priest about 25 BCE by Herod the Great, in order that his marriage with Boethus's daughter, Mariamne, might not be regarded as a mésalliance, a marriage with a person thought to be unsuitable or of a lower social position.[2]
- Joazar, son of Simon Boethus[3] (4 BCE and before 6 CE), unpopular and an advocate of compliance with the Census of Quirinius[4]
- Eleazar, son of Simon Boethus[5] (4-3 BCE)[6] independently attested in the Mandaean Book of John.
- Joshua ben Gamla (64 CE), whose wife Martha, daughter of Simon Boethus,[11] belonged to the house[12]
The hatred of the Pharisees toward this high-priestly family is shown by the words of the tanna Abba Saul ben Batnit, who lived about the year 40 CE at Jerusalem.[13] "The house of Boethus" heads the list of the wicked and sinful priestly families enumerated by Abba.
- ^ "Simon ben Boethus, High Priest". geni_family_tree. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Josephus, "Antiquitates", 15:9§3; 19:6§2.
- ^ "Joazer Boethus, Sadducee High Priest". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Josephus, "Antiquitates", 18:1§1.
- ^ "Eleazar Boethus, Sadducee High Priest". geni_family_tree. 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Josephus, "Antiquitates", 17:13§1
- ^ "Simon Cantharus, Sadducee High Priest". geni_family_tree. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Josephus, "Antiquitates", 19:6§2.
- ^ Josephus, "Antiquitates", xix. 8, § 1.
- ^ "Elioneus Cantharus, Sadducee High Priest". geni_family_tree. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ "Martha daughter of Boethus". geni_family_tree. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Yevamot 6:4
- ^ Pesachim 57a; Tosefta, Menachot 12:23