Eliezer ben Hurcanus

Eliezer ben Hurcanus (Hebrew: אליעזר בן הורקנוס), also known as Hyrcanus, was one of the most prominent Judean tannaitic Sages of 1st- and 2nd-century Judaism, a disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai,[1][2] and a colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister, Ima Shalom, he married) and Joshua ben Hananiah.[2][3][4] He is the sixth most frequently mentioned Sage in the Mishnah.[5]

  1. ^ Pirkei Avot 2:8; Avot of Rabbi Natan 6:3
  2. ^ a b Avot of Rabbi Natan 14:5
  3. ^ Pirkei Abot 2:8
  4. ^ Bava Batra 10b
  5. ^ Drew Kaplan, "Rabbinic Popularity in the Mishnah VII: Top Ten Overall Final Tally" Drew Kaplan's Blog (5 July 2011).

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