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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. In 36 CE the Roman Governor of Syria, [[Vitellius]], removed the Roman Governor [[Pontius Pilate]], who was accused of misconduct, and sent him back to Rome. Vitellius appointed his friend [[Marcellus]] to take care of affairs in Judea. He also deposed the powerful High Priest  [[Caiaphas]] and replaced him with his brother-in-law Jonathan. One year later, while visiting Jerusalem, [[Vitellius]] replaced Jonathan with his brother [[Theophilus ben Ananus|Theophilus]].
 
==Jonathan in ancient sources==
 
====Josephus, Jewish Antiquites====
 
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]]...
 
==Jonathan in Scholarship==
 
==Jonathan in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[High Priest|High Priest (subject)]] / [[Annas]] / [[Caiaphas]]
*[[Roman Governors]]
 
==External links==
 
[[Category:Subjects]]

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