Religious authority

There are 141 items in Religious authority:

Berossus

Berossus (Akkadian Bêl-re'ušunu): Babylonian priest, who wrote a Greek history of Babylonia in the first half of the third century BCE. …

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Caiaphas

Joseph, surnamed Caiaphas: the Jewish high priest between 18 and 37 CE, best known for his role during the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. The name Caiaphas is Greek and renders the Aramaean Qayyapâ or Qapâ'; his real name was…

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Calanus

Calanus (Indian: Kalyana): Indian sage who accompanied Alexander the Great. Gogdara, relief showing a saddhu In April 326, the Macedonian king Alexander…

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