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>Alexander never met the Jewish high priest as there was none at the time.
Wrong and cringe
>Genealogical lists in Nehemiah 12 place Jaddua in office during the late Persian period, right before Alexander’s conquest of Persia.
>Josephus names him explicitly as “Jaddus” and gives details of their meeting in Antiquities XI.8.
>The Talmud (Megillah 12a) independently recounts an analogous encounter—calling the priest “Simon the Just” but preserving the core elements: elders meet Alexander, he bows, and a promise of peace and privileges follows
>Different gods, different messages: At Siwa, Alexander meets the priest of Zeus-Ammon and learns of his own divinity. • In Jerusalem, he recognizes the God of Israel, bows to His representative, and guarantees Jewish autonomy.
>Alexander never met the Jewish high priest as there was none at the time.
Wrong and cringe
>Genealogical lists in Nehemiah 12 place Jaddua in office during the late Persian period, right before Alexander’s conquest of Persia.
>Josephus names him explicitly as “Jaddus” and gives details of their meeting in Antiquities XI.8.
>The Talmud (Megillah 12a) independently recounts an analogous encounter—calling the priest “Simon the Just” but preserving the core elements: elders meet Alexander, he bows, and a promise of peace and privileges follows
>Different gods, different messages: At Siwa, Alexander meets the priest of Zeus-Ammon and learns of his own divinity. • In Jerusalem, he recognizes the God of Israel, bows to His representative, and guarantees Jewish autonomy.
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