Jonathan Apphus

Jonathan Apphus
16th-century French artist’s impression of Jonathan Apphus, from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Leader of the Maccabees
Reign160–143 BCE
PredecessorJudas Maccabeus
SuccessorSimon Thassi
High Priest of Judaea
Reign152-143 BCE
PredecessorUnknown
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 160 to 143 BCE.