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Group: Brethren of the Common Life
People: Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Topic: Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia
Location: Valencia Valenciana Spain

Eliezer ben Hyrcanus

Jewish sage
Years: 50 - 125

Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, a Kohen, is one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, disciple of Johanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II, whose sister he marrie, and of Joshua ben Hananiah.

He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah.