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Flourished 49 BCE - 24 • Babylonia
Notable Works Mishna
Subjects Of Study Judaism • Seven Rules of Hillel
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Meïr
Jewish rabbi and scholar
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Ishmael ben Elisha
Jewish scholar
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Eleazar ben Azariah
rabbinic scholar
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
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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Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Relief sculpture of Ezekiel in profile, with a long beard and robe, carved in a cracked, reddish-brown surface.
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi
French religious scholar
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Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
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Joseph Herman Hertz
British rabbi
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Meir Of Rothenburg
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader
Lag BaOmer
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
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Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
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Solomon Schechter
American rabbi and scholar
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Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian