(fl. 1st-2nd cent)
Palestinian elder. He was president of the Sanhedrin at Jabneh, and strengthened the new centre there. He consolidated Jewish law and sought to unite the Jewish people around the Torah. He provoked a revolt against his authority and Eleazar ben Azariah was appointed nasi in his place. Later he was reinstated.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.