Yaacob II ben Uzzi ben Yaacob ben Aaharon

Yaacob II ben Uzzi ben Yaacob ben Aaharon (1984–1987) was the 127th Samaritan High Priest[1][2] He sent Elazar ben Ṣedaqah ben Jiṣḥaq (later high priest Eleazar XX) to the Vatican for inter-religious talks[3] He is from of the house of Jacob, descendants of Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma, and one of the three houses of Samaritan High Priests.[4]

References
  1. Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 Sept. 2020.
  2. "The High Priests of the Samaritans". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. "The Samaritan Update". shomron0.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. "High Priests of the Israelite Samaritans from 1624 CE to the Present Day". Israelite Samaritan Information Institute. Retrieved 2022-04-16.

Sources
  • The New York Times, February 14, 1998, "Joseph Cohen, Samaritan High Priest, 79"
  • A. B., The Samaritan News
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