Benjamin II

male, deceased (1864)
Benjamin II was the pen name of a Romanian traveler; born at Fălticeni, Moldavia (now in Romania), in 1818; died at London May 3, 1864. Married y...

Hanina Bar Hama

male
Hanina bar Hama (Hebrew: חנינא בר חמא) was a Jewish Talmudist, halakist and haggadist frequently quoted in the Babylonian and the Jerusalem...

Sogdianus Of Persia

male
Sogdianus, king of Persia (424-423 BC). He is an obscure historical figure known primarily from the writings of Ctesias. He was reportedly an...
Joseph ben Abraham

Joseph ben Abraham

male
Joseph ben Abraham (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha-Kohen, also known as Yusuf al-Basir) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in...

Yochanan Bar Nafcha

male
Rabbi Yochanan (also known as Rabbi Yochanan bar Nafcha "Rabbi Yochanan son [of the] blacksmith," Hebrew: יוחנן בר נפחא) (died c. 279) was a rabbi...

Eanna-Shum-Iddina

male
Eanna-shum-iddina was a governor in the "Sealand Dynasty" of Babylon in the middle of the 2nd millenium BC. Sealand was the region of southern...

Eurypyle

female
Eurypyle was the leader of an all female expedition against Babylonia. She captured the Amorite capital in 1760 B.C.E.

Shemariah ben Elhanan

male
Shemariah ben Elhanan was head of the yeshibah of Cairo, Egypt, about the end of the 10th century. Abraham ibn Daud ("Sefer ha-Ḳabbalah," in A. Ne...

Raba ben Joseph ben Hama

male, deceased (352)
Raba Ben Joseph Ben Hama (c. 280-352) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora. He is closely associated in his studies...

Raba Bar Rav Huna

male, deceased (322)
Raba bar Rav Huna was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third generation (d. 322). He was the son of Rav Huna,...