person · P0014
Yehoshua ben Perachiah יהושע בן פרחיה
Nasi of the second zug, with Nittai HaArbeli. Taught: make for yourself a teacher, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge every person favorably.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יהושע בן פרחיה
- Era
- zugot
- Received the mesorah from
- Yose ben Yoezer, Yose ben Yochanan
- Transmitted the mesorah to
- Yehudah ben Tabbai, Shimon ben Shatach
- Colleagues
- Nittai HaArbeli
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3560–3650 AM
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈90 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| With Nittai HaArbeli, received from the first zug; taught "make for yourself a teacher, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge every person toward the scale of merit." | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Mishnah Chagigah pairs Yehoshua ben Perachiah with Nittai HaArbeli in the semikhah controversy and, by its rule that the first named served as Nasi, identifies Yehoshua as Nasi.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Sotah recounts that Yehoshua ben Perachiah fled to Alexandria during King Yannai's persecution, returned after receiving word that conditions had changed, and later failed to reconcile promptly with a rejected disciple.
The Bavli identifies the disciple as Yeshu, creating a severe chronological problem; the narrative's historical referent is disputed.
|
rabbinic tradition | ★★★☆☆ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3560–3650 AM.
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |