Yannai

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Yannai is another name for Alexander Jannaeus, a Hasmonean king of Judea and high priest who ruled in the early 1st century BCE.

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Label Occurrences
Yannai canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hasmonean king
high priest
human
allianceWith Sadducees
associatedWith Hasmonean civil conflicts
birthDate c. 127 BCE
burialPlace Jerusalem
capital Jerusalem
chronologicalContext early 1st century BCE
conflictWith Pharisees
country Judea
deathDate c. 76 BCE
deathPlace Ragaba
dynasty Hasmonean dynasty
era late Hellenistic period
ethnicGroup Jewish
expandedTerritory Transjordanian territories of Israel
surface form: Transjordanian territories

coastal cities of Judea
father John Hyrcanus I
house Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: House of Hasmoneus
knownFor combining kingship and high priesthood
harsh repression of Pharisaic opponents
language Aramaic
Hebrew
mentionedIn Talmud Bavli
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Antiquities of the Jews
surface form: Josephus – Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
surface form: Josephus – The Jewish War
mother unknown
name Alexander Jannaeus
Alexander Jannai
Yannai self-link
notableConflict civil war with the Pharisees
conflicts with the Nabataeans
conflicts with the Seleucid Empire
policy Hellenistic-style kingship
territorial expansion of Judea
positionHeld High Priest
surface form: High Priest of Israel

King of Judah
surface form: King of Judea
predecessor Aristobulus I
regnalTitle King and High Priest
reignEnd c. 76 BCE
reignOver Judea
reignStart c. 103 BCE
relative Mattathias
surface form: Mattathias the Hasmonean

Simon Thassi
religion Judaism
sibling Antigonus (brother executed by Aristobulus I)
spouse Salome Alexandra
successor Salome Alexandra

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Yannai name Yannai self-link