Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אליעזר בן הורקנוס, תנא
Name (Latin)
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Other forms of name
Eliezer ben Hyrkanos
Eliezer Ben Hurkanos
Hyrcanus, Eliezer Ben
Hurkanos, Eliezer Ben
Eliʻezer, ha-Gadol
Eliezer, Rabbi
Eliezer, the Great
Hyrcanus, Liezer ben
Liezer ben Hyrcanus
רבי אליעזר, הגדול
אליעזר, הגדול (רבי)
Occupation
Rabbis
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Pharisaic Judaism, 1935.
- Encyc. Brit., 15th ed.(Eliezer ben Hyrcanus)
- Encyc. Judaica, 1971(Eliezer ben Hyrcanus)
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 8, 2014(1st & 2d cent.)
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Wikipedia description:
Eliezer ben Hurcanus (or Hyrcanus) (Hebrew: אליעזר בן הורקנוס) was one of the most prominent Judean tannaitic Sages of 1st- and 2nd-century Judaism, a disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, and a colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister, Ima Shalom, he married) and Joshua ben Hananiah. He is the sixth most frequently mentioned Sage in the Mishnah.
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