Eliezer ben Hurcanus

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Rabbinical eras

Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus (Hebrew: אליעזר בן הורקנוס) was one of the most prominent Sages (tannaim) of the 1st and 2nd centuries in Judea, disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai[1][2] and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of 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).