John Hyrcanus

John Hyrcanus
Prince of Judaea
PredecessorSimon Thassi
SuccessorAristobulus I
High Priest of Judaea
PredecessorSimon Thassi
SuccessorAristobulus I
Born164 BCE
Died104 BCE
IssueAristobulus I
Alexander Jannaeus
Antigonus I
Absalom
fifth son, unnamed
DynastyHasmonean
FatherSimon Thassi
ReligionHellenistic Judaism

John Hyrcanus (/hərˈknəs/; Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס, romanizedYoḥānān Hurqanos; Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hurkanós) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish High Priest of Israel of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until he died in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature he is often referred to as Yoḥanan Cohen Gadol (יוחנן כהן גדול‎), "John the High Priest".[a]
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