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Also Known As Nehorai • Baʿal ha-Nes • Mesha
Flourished c.101 - c.200 • Anatolia
Notable Works Mishna
Subjects Of Study Halakhah
Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Lag ba-ʿOmer
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
Eleazar ben Azariah
rabbinic scholar
Johanan ben Zakkai
Jewish scholar
Gamaliel I
Jewish scholar
Ishmael ben Elisha
Jewish scholar
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Akiva ben Yosef
Akiva ben Yosef
Jewish sage and rabbinic founder
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
St. Matthew
apostle
Meir Of Rothenburg
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader
Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
Solomon Schechter
American rabbi and scholar
Jacob ben Meir Tam
French Judaic scholar