Search results
John Hyrcanus II (/ h ər ˈ k eɪ n ə s /, Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס Yohanan Hurqanos; died 30 BCE), a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was for a long time the Jewish High Priest in the 1st century BCE.
John Hyrcanus II was the high priest of Judaea from 76 to 40 bc, and, with his brother Aristobulus II, last of the Maccabean (Hasmonean) dynastic rulers. Under Hyrcanus’ vacillating leadership, Judaea (southern of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine, today mostly in Israel) fell.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hyrcanus II. (killed 30 BCE) Eighth Hasmonean ruler of Judea. The indolent older son of Alexander Jannai and Salome Alexandra succeeded his father as high priest [76 BCE ], while his mother retained at least nominal control of political affairs.
Carried Prisoner to Babylon. High priest from about 79 to 40 B.C.; eldest son of Alexander Jannæus and Alexandra. His mother, who had installed him in the office of high priest, named him as her successor to the throne.
HYRCANUS II (c. 103–30 b.c.e.), elder son of *Alexander Yannai and *Salome Alexandra. Since John Hyrcanus ii was born soon after his father's accession to the throne (103 b.c.e.), he was 72 years old at the time of his death and not, unless the traditional date of his parents' marriage is rejected, over 80 years old, as stated by Josephus ...
John Hyrcanus (/ h ər ˈ k eɪ n ə s /; יוחנן הרקנוס Yōḥānān Hurqanōs; Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hurkanós) was a Hasmonean leader and Jewish high priest of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE).
John Hyrcanus II was but one of fifty or more High Priests who served in the Temple in Jerusalem from the return from the Babylonian exile, about 515BC, to the fall of the Temple in AD70. Hyrcanus the name means: one from Hyrcania. The Hyrcania Sea was the ancient Greek name for the Caspian Sea.
People also ask
Who was John Hyrcanus II?
How did Hyrcanus become a king?
Did John use the name Hyrcanus?
Was Hyrcanus a high priest?
