Ananus ben Ananus (Hebrew: חנן בן חנן Hanan ben Hanan Greek: Ἀνάνου Ἄνανος Ananos son of Ananos var: Ananias Latin: Anani Ananus or Ananus filius Anani) d. 68 CE was a Herodian-era High Priest of Israel in Jerusalem Iudaea Province. He is most well known as the high priest who allegedly ordered the execution by stoning of James the Just according to the surviving fragments of The Antiquities of the Jews.
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