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Judah Goldin
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Professor of Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1973–85. Translator of The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan and others.

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Johanan ben Zakkai was a Jewish sage (tanna), founder of an academy and an authoritative rabbinic body located at Jamnia (Jabneh) in Palestine. He had a decisive influence on the continuance and development of traditional Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 ce. Jewish rabbinic…
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