John Hyrcanus

John Hyrcanus
John Hyrcanus from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Prince of Judaea
Predecessor	Simon Thassi
Successor	Aristobulus I
High Priest of Judaea
Predecessor	Simon Thassi
Successor	Aristobulus I
Born	164 BCE
Died	104 BCE
Issue	Aristobulus I Alexander Jannaeus Antigonus I Absalom fifth son, unnamed
Dynasty	Hasmonean
Father	Simon Thassi
Religion	Hellenistic Judaism

John Hyrcanus (/hərˈkeɪnəs/; Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס, romanized: Yoḥānān Hurqanos; Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hurkanós) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish High Priest of Israel of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until he died in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature he is often referred to as Yoḥanan Cohen Gadol (יוחנן כהן גדול‎), "John the High Priest".^[a]
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