Jonathan Apphus

Jonathan Apphus
16th-century French artist’s impression of Jonathan Apphus, from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Leader of the Maccabees
Reign161–143 BCE
PredecessorJudah Maccabee
SuccessorSimon Thassi
High Priest of Judaea
SuccessorSimon Thassi
Died143 BCE
Baskama
Burial
DynastyHasmonean
FatherMattathias
ReligionSecond Temple Judaism

Jonathan Apphus (Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן‎ אַפְּפוּסYōnāṯān ʾApfūs; Ancient Greek: Ἰωνάθαν Ἀπφοῦς, Iōnáthan Apphoûs) was one of the sons of Mattathias and the leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE.