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 …

John Hyrcanus II (died 30 bc, Jerusalem) 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 …

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 …

Though nominally the chief Jewish official, Hyrcanus was always dominated by others: first his mother, then Antipater and finally his grandson-in-law, Herod, who ultimately had him …

HYRCANUS II. 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 …

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. …

Oct 6, 2022 · Hyrcanus II, a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was for a long time the Jewish High Priest in the 1st century BC. He was also briefly King of Judea in 67 BC. He was the …

Revered and aged, Hyrcanus II, the oldest son of Alexander Jannaeus, had been the high priest of the Jewish nation for over three decades (76-67, 63-40 BCE), with a reputation …

Apr 8, 2008 · The coming of the Romans led, in turn, to the rise of the Idumean Antipater who manipulated Hyrcanus II to advance his own interests. The infighting of the last Hasmoneans …

John Hyrcanus II (c. 110–30 BC) John Hyrcanus II was the grandson of John Hyrcanus I and served as high priest and ethnarch of Judea during a tumultuous period marked by internal …