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-'''Jonathan ben Ananus''' was the Jewish High Priest from 37 to 36 CE.
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-==Biography==
-Jonathan was one of the five sons of [[Annas]] to take the office of High Priest. He succeeded his brother-in-law [[Caiaphas]], who had been removed by the Roman Governor of Syria, [[Vitellius]]. One year later, the same Vitellius replaced him with his borther [[Theophilus ben Ananus|Theophilus]].
-==Jonathan in ancient sources==
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-Ant XVIII 4:3 -- [[[Vitellius]]] deprived Joseph, who was also called [[Caiaphas]], of the high priesthood, and appointed Jonathan the son of [[Annas|Ananus]], the former high priest, to succeed him.
-Ant XVIII 5:3 -- [[[Vitellius]]] with Herod the tetrarch and his friends, went up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice to God, an ancient festival of the Jews being then just approaching... he made a stay there for three days, within which time he deprived [[Jonathan ben Ananus|Jonathan]] of the high priesthood, and gave it to his brother Theophilus. But when on the fourth day letters came to him, which informed him of the death of [[Tiberius]]...