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*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Theophilus ben Ananus (sources)]]
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*LIST OF SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Theophilus ben Ananus (subject)]]
 
 
'''Theophilus ben Ananus''' was the Jewish High Priest from 37 to 41 CE.
 
==Overview==
 
Theophilus was one of the five sons of [[Annas]] to take the office of High Priest. In 37 CE, while visiting Jerusalem, the Roman governor of Syria [[Vitellius]] appointed Theophilus ben Ananus to succeed his brother [[Jonathan ben Ananus|Jonathan]]. Theophilus remained in office under the tenure of [[Marullus]], the Roman Governor appointed by Emperor [[Caligula]]. It was removed from office when the new Emperor [[Claudius]] granted the Kingdom of Judea to [[Herod Agrippa]].
 
==Theophilus in ancient sources==
 
====Josephus, Jewish Antiquites====
 
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]]...
 
Ant XIX 6:2 -- When [[Herod Agrippa|Agrippa]] had entirely finished all the duties of the Divine worship, he removed Theophilus, the son of [[Annas|Ananus]], from the high priesthood, and bestowed that honor of his on Simon the son of Boethus, whose name was also Cantheras whose daughter king Herod married...
 
==Theophilus in Scholarship==
 
==Theophilus in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[High Priests]] / [[Annas]] / [[Caiaphas]]
*[[Roman Governors]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_ben_Ananus Wikipedia]




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