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Jonathan (High Priest)" and "Jonathan the High Priest" redirect here.1A high priest of Israel during the Roman Period of Jerusalem.2 AD 58), also referred to as Jonathan the High Priest , was a first-century Jewish high priest and religious leader. Shortly after he was announced High Priest of Israel , he was killed by Antonius Felix in AD 58, the Roman procurator of the province Judea .3He was stabbed with daggers. The main source that mentions this high priest is the Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus.4
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High priest of Israel during the Roman Period of Jerusalem Jonathan ( ; ; died c. AD 58), also referred to as Jonathan the High Priest , was a first-century Jewish high priest and religious leader. Shortly after he was announced High Priest of Israel , he was killed in AD 58 by Antonius Felix , the Roman procurator of the province Judea .He was stabbed by robbers hired by Felix with daggers at the Temple .
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High Priest of Israel (d. AD 58) Jonathan ( Hebrew : יוֹנָתָן ; Imperial Aramaic : יוֹנָתָן ; died c. AD 58), also referred to as Jonathan the High Priest , was a first-century Jewish high priest and religious leader. Shortly after he was announced High Priest of Israel , he was killed in AD 58 by Antonius Felix , the Roman procurator of the province Judea . He was stabbed by robbers hired by Felix with daggers at the Temple .
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first-century jewish high priest and religious leader
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first-century jewish high priest in the second temple in jerusalem from 36 to 37 ce
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