Mary the Mother of Jesus as 'Daughter of Aaron'

• The term "son of Aaron" means son of a Kohan priest (the highest ranking Jewish priestly class and the only priests eligible to serve as high priest). It's logical to assume "daughter of Aaron" refers to the daughter of a Kohan priest. BTW, the Hasmonean kings were Kohanim.
  
  
• Mary is said to be the kinswoman of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. Luke 1:36.
  
  
• Elizabeth is called "daughter of Aaron". Luke 1:5. John the Baptist's father is said to be a priest of the "division of Abijah" (Luke 1:5) who was "chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense." Only Kohanim priests were allowed to burn incense in the Temple. Link; See also Article explaining the term "priest of the division of Abijah".
  
  
• Mary the mother of Jesus is called a "sister of Aaron" in the Quran. Quran, 19:28 Maryam.
  
  
• The Quran states that Mary's mother consecrated her to God before birth. "My Lord! I have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower!" The Quran, 3:36 Al-Imran.
  
  
• The Protevangelion of James echoes the Quran on this point (or vice versa) having Mary's mother (Anna) state the following: "And Anna answered, as the Lord my God lives, whatever I bring forth, whether it be male or female, I will devote it to the Lord my God, and it shall minister to him in holy things, during its whole life." Protevangelion of James 4:2.
  
  
• The Quran and Protevangelion of James both continue to track the point of Mary being raised in the Temple.
  
  
• And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will." Quran 3:37-38. Al-Imran.
  
  
• And they did thus till they ascended into the temple of the Lord. And the high-priest received her, and said, Mary, the Lord God has magnified your name to all generations, and to the very end of time the Lord will show by you his redemption to the children of Israel. And he placed her upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord gave grace to her, and she danced, and all the house of Israel loved her. And her parents went away filled with wonder, and praising God, because the girl did not return back to them. But Mary continued in the temple as a dove educated there and received her food from the hand of an angel. Protevangelion of James, 7:4-5 & 8:1-2.
  
  
• "Why have you (Mary) thus debased your soul (by conceiving this child Jesus out of wedlock), who were educated in the Holy of Holies, and received your food from the hand of angels?" Protevangelion of James, 10:9.
  
  
• When Jesus is presented at the Temple as a baby by his mother Mary, a prophetess named Anna greets them, "The elderly prophetess Anna was also in the Temple, and offered prayers and praise to God for Jesus, and spoke to everyone there about Jesus and his role in the redemption of Israel." Luke 2:36-38. One potential inference from this exchange is that Anna the prophetess knew Mary prior to her appearance at the Temple to consecrate her child Jesus, i.e., she knew the special patentage of Jesus through Mary.
  
  
• Did Anna the prophetess know Mary from the days when Mary resided at the Temple? Is Anna the prophetess mentioned in Luke the same individual named in the Protevangelion of James as the mother of Mary?
  
  
• Is there evidence for the existence of Jewish priestesses in the 2nd Temple period? I've read the argument that Sarah the wife of Abraham was something of a priestess. But this is in the ancient past (before the 1st Temple). "The title 'priestess' appears several times on Jewish gravestones during the Roman period. Other titles such as 'eldress,' 'mother of the synagogue,' and 'head of synagogue' on similar gravestones lead one to believe that women served in leadership functions in pre-Talmudic and Talmudic times." Link.
  
  
• Alternative explanations: Is there an allegorical meaning for a child being "raised in the Temple"? Do these texts (P. of James and the Quran) both attest to an ancient, yet false tradition?