id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6154 On Weights and Measures - Wikipedia .html text/html 3172 297 75 In folios [54a–55c]; [55c–55d] Epiphanius treats on the lives of two prominent persons who became proselytes to the Jewish religion; the one Aquila (known also as Onkelos) who was a relation of Hadrian, and whom he made the overseer of Jerusalem's rebuilding around 115 CE.[12] The other person of interest who is described by him is Symmachus, also known as Sūmkos (Hebrew: סומכוס‎) in rabbinic literature.[13] Symmachus is mentioned as belonging originally to the Samaritan nation, and is said to have converted to Judaism during the reign of Verus.[14] He subsequently underwent a second circumcision[15] and became a disciple of Rabbi Meir.[16] Symmachus belonged to the fifth generation (165–200 CE) of Rabbinical teachers referred to in the text of the Mishnah.[17] The Emperor Hadrian is said to have passed through Palestine while en route to Egypt, some 47 years after the destruction of Jerusalem.[18] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6154.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6154.txt