The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one who is the head of a religious organisation.
Pinedjem II as High Priest of Amun in Thebes. From his Book of the Dead.
Depiction of a high priest in biblical costume, end of the 17th century, orientalising representation with turban, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books of the New Testament.
Papyrus 13, 3rd or 4th century AD, with the Epistle to the Hebrews in the original Koine Greek.
Memorial to French soldiers of the Franco-Prussian War: it quotes Heb 11:16, "they desire a better country."
Inscription at Salinelles cemetery, Hebrews 9:27; "After death, judgment."
Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. His famous sermon from a hill representing Mount Zion is considered by many Christian scholars to be the antitype of the proclamation of the Old Covenant by Moses from Mount Sinai.