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Also Known As Rabbenu • Light of the Exile
Born c.960 • Metz • France
Died 1028 or 1040 • Mainz • Germany
Subjects Of Study Talmud • taqqanah
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Meir Of Rothenburg
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
Jacob ben Meir Tam
French Judaic scholar
Amram bar Sheshna
Jewish scholar
Solomon Schechter
American rabbi and scholar
Solomon ben Abraham Adret
Spanish rabbi
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
Levi ben Gershom
French scholar
Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Jewish scholar