Jesus ben Pandira. A wonder-worker during the reign of Alexander Jannaeus (106-79 BC), one of the most ruthless of the Maccabean kings. Imprudently, this Jesus launched into a career of end-time prophecy and agitation which upset the king. He met his own premature end-time by being hung on a tree – and on the eve of a Passover. Scholars have speculated this Jesus founded the Essene sect.
Ang Jesus na ito ay naiuulat na may-akda ng Aklat ng Sirach (kilala rin bilang Ecclesiasticus, o Karunungan ni Jesus ang Anak ni Sirach), isang bahagi ng Apocrypha ng Matandang Tipan. Pinagsama ni Ben Sirach, gamit ang wikang Griyego noong mga 180 BC, ang mga "karunungan” ng mga Judio at mga bayaning alinsunod sa istilo ni Homer.