High Priest of the returned exiles

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Jewish religious title religious office

High Priest of the returned exiles is the title given to the chief religious leader of the Jewish community that returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem in the late 6th century BCE.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
High Priest of Jerusalem	3
High Priest of the Jews	3
High Priest of Israel	1
High Priest of the returned exiles canonical	1
High Priests of Israel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2398107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: High Priest of the returned exiles
Context triple: [Joshua son of Jehozadak, positionHeld, High Priest of the returned exiles]

A. High Priest
High Priest is a 1968 autobiographical book by Timothy Leary recounting his early psychedelic experiences and experiments.
B. Patriarch
The Patriarch is the supreme spiritual and administrative head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, leading its bishops, clergy, and faithful worldwide.
C. Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Patriarch of Jerusalem is the senior bishop and spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the surrounding Holy Land.
D. Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord
Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord is an honorific title in Eastern Orthodox Christianity for John the Baptist, emphasizing his roles in heralding Christ’s coming and baptizing Him.
E. Grand Vizier
The Grand Vizier was the highest-ranking minister and chief executive officer of the Ottoman Empire, wielding extensive administrative and political authority directly under the sultan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: High Priest of the returned exiles
Target entity description: High Priest of the returned exiles is the title given to the chief religious leader of the Jewish community that returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem in the late 6th century BCE.

A. High Priest
High Priest is a 1968 autobiographical book by Timothy Leary recounting his early psychedelic experiences and experiments.
B. Patriarch
The Patriarch is the supreme spiritual and administrative head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, leading its bishops, clergy, and faithful worldwide.
C. Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Patriarch of Jerusalem is the senior bishop and spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the surrounding Holy Land.
D. Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord
Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord is an honorific title in Eastern Orthodox Christianity for John the Baptist, emphasizing his roles in heralding Christ’s coming and baptizing Him.
E. Grand Vizier
The Grand Vizier was the highest-ranking minister and chief executive officer of the Ottoman Empire, wielding extensive administrative and political authority directly under the sultan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish religious title ⓘ religious office ⓘ
appliesTo	Jewish community of the post-exilic period ⓘ
appointedUnder	Achaemenid Persian rule ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ return from Babylonian exile ⓘ
associatedWithText	Book of Ezra ⓘ linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah Book of Haggai ⓘ Book of Nehemiah ⓘ linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah Book of Zechariah ⓘ
basedOn	Aaronic priesthood ⓘ
centralInstitution	Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
country	Yehud Province ⓘ linked to: Yehud Medinata
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ
follows	High Priest of the First Temple period ⓘ
genealogicalRequirement	descendant of Aaron ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Levites ⓘ linked to: Tribe of Levi Temple priests ⓘ
hasRole	chief religious leader of the returned exiles ⓘ guardian of the Torah ⓘ leader in sacrificial system ⓘ overseer of temple worship ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Second Temple period ⓘ linked to: Second Temple Judaism post-exilic period ⓘ
inceptionContext	Persian period in Judea ⓘ end of Babylonian captivity ⓘ
jurisdiction	Jewish community in Jerusalem ⓘ religious affairs of the returned exiles ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ
partOf	Second Temple high priesthood ⓘ
performs	Yom Kippur rituals ⓘ major sacrificial rites ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Jeshua son of Jozadak ⓘ linked to: Joshua son of Jehozadak Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ subsequent Second Temple high priests ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousFunction	mediation between God and Israel ⓘ
religiousTradition	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
seat	Jerusalem Temple ⓘ linked to: Jewish Temple
startTime	late 6th century BCE ⓘ
subclassOf	High Priest of Israel ⓘ
symbolizes	continuity of Israelite priesthood after exile ⓘ
titleUsedFor	post-exilic chief priestly leadership ⓘ

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