third generation.

Joshua's permanent residence was in Peki'in, a place between Yavne and Lydda, where he followed the trade of a needle-maker. This occupation did not in any degree diminish the respect paid to him as one of the influential members of the academy at Yavne.

Joshua ben Hananiah was one of the five who formed the inner circle of Yohanan's pupils. In enumerating them, tradition places him at the head together with Eliezer ben Hurcanus.

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