Eliezer ben Hurcanus
LATE 1ST/EARLY 2ND CENTURY JUDEAN RABBI AND TANNAIM (SAGE)
Eliezer b. Hyrcanus; Rabbi Eliezer; R. Eliezer; Eliezer ben Hyrcanus; Eliezer ben hurcanus; Eli'ezer ben Hyrcanus
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 ZakkaiPirkei Avot 2:8; Avot of Rabbi Natan 6:3Avot of Rabbi Natan 14:5 and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah.Pirkei Abot 2:8Bava Batra 10b He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah.