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Also Known As Light of the Exile • Rabbenu
Born c.960 • Metz • France
Died 1028 or 1040 • Mainz • Germany
Subjects Of Study Talmud • taqqanah
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Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
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Meir Of Rothenburg
Jewish rabbi and scholar
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Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
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Jacob ben Meir Tam
French Judaic scholar
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Amram bar Sheshna
Jewish scholar
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Solomon Schechter
American rabbi and scholar
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Solomon ben Abraham Adret
Spanish rabbi
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Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
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Levi ben Gershom
French scholar
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Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
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Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
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Hillel
Jewish scholar
Relief sculpture of Ezekiel in profile, with a long beard and robe, carved in a cracked, reddish-brown surface.
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
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Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Jewish scholar