Eliezer ben Hurcanus
1st/2nd-century Judean rabbi and tanna / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]