Hanina ben Antigonus
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- For the Zugot era sage, see Antigonus of SokhoAntigonus of SokhoAntigonus of Sokho was the first scholar of whom Pharisee tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine. He flourished about the first half of the third century BCE. According to the Mishnah, he was the disciple and successor of Simon the Just...
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Hanina (Hananiah) ben Antigonus (or Hanina (Hananiah) b. Antigonus; , Chanina ben [son of] Antigonus); A Jewish Tanna
Tannaim
The Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years...
sage of the third generation of Tannaim, and one of priestly descent; contemporary of Akiva ben Joseph and Rabbi Ishmael.