出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/27 00:57 UTC 版)
Segan (or Segan ha-Kohanim, lit. Deputy High Priest , Hebrew: סגן הכהנים, or ha-Segan, lit. "The Deputy", or Memunneh, lit. "The Appointee") was a title for a Jewish Kohen (Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem) appointed to the position of the Segan ha-Kohanim with the responsibility of overseeing the actions of the work of the Temple's priests (Kohens) staff, as well as a stand-in position, ready to take the role of High priest ("Kohen Gadol") in case he will be found unfit to serve the holy work on the temple, and thus, the Segan was only second to the Kohen Gadol, as R. Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim attests: