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{{short description|Late 1st century / early 2nd century aristocratic Roman Jew}} |
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'''Titus Flavius Hyrcanus''' ({{lang-el| Τίτος Φλάβιος Ὑρκανός}}, flourished second half of the 1st century & first half of the 2nd century, born 73) was an aristocratic, wealthy [[Roman citizenship|Roman]] [[History of the Jews in Italy|Jew]]. He was the oldest son born to the Roman Jewish historian [[Josephus]], and from his third wife, an unnamed [[Alexandrian Jews|Alexandrian Jewish]] woman.<ref>Fergus, ''The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C. - A.D. 135)'' p.p.45-6</ref> Hyrcanus was the only child to have survived as his two other brothers had died.<ref>Fergus, ''The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C. - A.D. 135)'' p.p.45-6</ref><ref>Josephus, ''Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary'' p.170</ref> |
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His paternal grandfather had descended from the priestly order of the [[Jehoiarib]], which was the first of the twenty four-orders of Priests in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]]<ref>Fergus, ''The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C. - A.D. 135)'' p.p.45-6</ref> and was a descendant of the High Priest Jonathon. Jonathon may have been [[Alexander Jannaeus]], the High Priest and [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean ruler]] who governed [[Judea]] from 103 BC – 76 BC.<ref>Fergus, ''The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C. - A.D. 135)'' p.p.45-6</ref> |
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The name Hyrcanus means ''one from Hyrcania''.<ref>Josephus, ''Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary'' p.10</ref> The [[Hyrcania]] Sea was the ancient Greek name for the ''[[Caspian Sea]]''. Hyrcanus’ name reveals his father’s favourite monarch from the [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean Dynasty]] and his lineage from the dynasty.<ref>Josephus, ''Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary'' p.10</ref> Perhaps his father, named him in honor of the [[Herodian Dynasty|Herodian Prince]] ''Julius Hyrcanus'', one of the sons [[Herod of Chalcis]] and [[Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)|Berenice]].<ref>Josephus, ''Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary'' p.10</ref> |
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==References== |
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==Sources== |
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* M. Fergus, S. Emil & V. Geza, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C. - A.D. 135), Continuum International Publishing Group, 1973 |
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* É. Nodet, A search for the origins of Judaism: from Joshua to the Mishnah, Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997 |
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* F. Josephus & S. Mason, Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary, BRILL, 2001 |
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[[Category:73 births]] |
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