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Bible Encyclopedias
Hanan the Egyptian
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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1. (Hanan b. Abishalom.) One of the police judges at Jerusalem in the last decades of its independence (see ADMON B. GADDAI). Several of his decisions have been preserved (Ket. 13:1 et seq.). 2. Disciple of Akiba, quoted among "those who argued before the sages" (Sanh. 17b; comp. Yer. Ma'as. Sh. 2:53d). Only one halakah is preserved in his name (Yoma 63b).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hanan the Egyptian'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hanan-the-egyptian.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hanan the Egyptian'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hanan-the-egyptian.html. 1901.
