In [[Ancient History|Antiquity]], the title first appeared in the [[Hellenistic]] [[Middle East]]. In the [[1 Maccabees|First book of Maccabees]] the word is used three times (1 Maccabees 14:47 and 15:1-2), where Simon Thassi, one of the five [[Maccabee]]s is referred to as the [[High Priest]] and ethnarch of the Judeans. | In [[Ancient History|Antiquity]], the title first appeared in the [[Hellenistic]] [[Middle East]]. In the [[1 Maccabees|First book of Maccabees]] the word is used three times (1 Maccabees 14:47 and 15:1-2), where Simon Thassi, one of the five [[Maccabee]]s is referred to as the [[High Priest]] and ethnarch of the Judeans. |