Manasseh (High Priest)

{{Short description|High Priest of Israel}}

Mannasseh, also transliterated as Mannasses, was a Jewish High Priest (c. 245-240 BC) during the Second Temple period. He was the son of Jaddua and brother of Onias I.{{cite book|author=Ingrid Hjelm|title=The Samaritans and Early Judaism: A Literary Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oZu6GjRg_IC&pg=PA133|accessdate=16 December 2012|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-84127-072-2|pages=133–}}

He was succeeded by his nephew's son Onias II.{{cite book|author=H. T. Spence|title=The Canon of Scripture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZeoGFEQ5WYC&pg=PA148|accessdate=16 December 2012|year=2010|publisher=Foundations Bible College|isbn=978-1-882542-52-9|pages=148–}}