In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries”. Today it says “one of the most prominent judean tannaim”. 1 section present on 6 October 2023 is absent today.
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Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (the surname coming from the father's Hellenized name) ( ), a Kohen , was one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, disciple of R.1Johanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II , whose sister he married (see Imma Shalom ), and of Joshua ben Hananiah .2 He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah .
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Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (the surname coming from the father's Hellenized name) ( ) was one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries, disciple of R. Johanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II , whose sister he married (see Imma Shalom ), and of Joshua ben Hananiah .
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Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus ( ) was one of the most prominent Sages ( tannaim ) of the 1st and 2nd centuries in Judea , disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah . He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah .
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1st/2nd-century Judean rabbi and tanna "Rabbi Eliezer" redirects here. Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus ( ) was one of the most prominent Sages ( tannaim ) of the 1st and 2nd centuries in Judea , disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah . He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah .
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1st/2nd-century Judean rabbi and tanna "Rabbi Eliezer" redirects here. Eliezer ben Hurcanus (or Hyrcanus ) ( Hebrew : אליעזר בן הורקנוס ) was one of the most prominent Judean tannaitic Sages of 1st- and 2nd-century Judaism , a disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai , and a colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister, Ima Shalom , he married) and Joshua ben Hananiah . He is the sixth most frequently mentioned Sage in the Mishnah .
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one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries
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one of the most prominent judean tannaim
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