Jonathan ben Ananus

Jonathan ben Ananus was the Jewish High Priest from 37 to 36 CE.

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.

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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 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 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...