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Also known as Ananus, Ananias

thumb|"Christ before Annas" (Duccio di Buoninsegna), ) thumb|"Annas and Caiaphas" (Dutch, ) Annas (also called Ananus , ; , ) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.

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Annas was a male human who served as the High Priest of Israel. He was born in 40 BCE and died in 40. His children included Jonathan ben Ananus, Theophilus ben Ananus, and Ananus ben Ananus.

The name Annas is also associated with Julia Annas, an author with 53 works. Her notable publications include *New perspectives on Plato, modern and ancient*, *Interpretazione dei libri M-N della "Metafisica" di Aristotele*, *Etica stoica*, *La morale della felicità*, and *Modes of Scepticism*. Additionally, Crossref lists five works under this name.

In music, Annas is a group with 11 listeners and a playcount of 75 on Last.fm. The subject is referenced by 609 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
53

Top works

  • New perspectives on Plato, modern and ancient
  • Interpretazione dei libri M-N della "Metafisica" di Aristotele
  • Etica stoica
  • La morale della felicità
  • Modes of Scepticism

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11
Total plays
75

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Occupation
high priest
Image
Duccio di Buoninsegna - Christ before Annas.jpg
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Commons category
Annas
date of death
0040-00-00
date of birth
0040-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • The sacerdotal family
  • Ananus (Annas), son of Seth (6–15)
  • [[Eleazar ben Ananus]] (16–17)
  • [[Caiaphas]] (18–36)
  • [[Jonathan ben Ananus]] (36–37)
  • [[Theophilus ben Ananus]] (37–41)
  • [[Matthias ben Ananus]] (43)
  • [[Jonathan ben Ananus]] (44)
  • [[Ananus ben Ananus]] (63)
  • In the New Testament
  • The trial of Jesus
  • In the Book of Acts
  • Cultural references
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|"Christ before Annas" (Duccio di Buoninsegna), ) thumb|"Annas and Caiaphas" (Dutch, ) Annas (also called Ananus , ; , ) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.

Annas appears in the Gospels and Passion plays as a high priest before whom Jesus is brought for judgment, prior to being brought before Pontius Pilate.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Annas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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