Jacob Neusner

Jacob Neusner

male, 77 years old
Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an academic scholar of Judaism
Judah Hanasi

Judah Hanasi

male
Rabbi Judah haNasi, (Hebrew, יהודה הנשיא, "Judah the Prince" also referred to as "Rabbeinu HaKadosh" (Our holy rabbi), and "Rebbi" ([My] rabbi or t...
Shammai

Shammai

male, deceased (30)
Shammai (50 BCE-30 CE) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah....
Shimon Bar Yochai

Shimon Bar Yochai

male
Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi, was a famous rabbi who lived in the era of the Tannaim (scholars of the...
Judaica Press

Judaica Press

male
Judaica Press is an Orthodox Jewish publishing house founded in New York City in 1963 by S. Goldman, and then taken over by his son Jack Goldman in...

Tarfon

male
Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon,, a member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Temple (70...
Akiba ben Joseph

Akiba ben Joseph

male, deceased (135)
Akiba ben Joseph (Hebrew: עקיבא) or simply Rabbi Akiva was a Judean tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd centu...
Hillel The Elder

Hillel The Elder

male
Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod, Augustus, and probably Jesus; he is one of...

Elijah

male
Elijah (also known as Elias) was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC. He appears in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Mishnah, Christian Bible, and...
Yochanan ben Zakai

Yochanan ben Zakai

male
Yochanan ben Zakai was one of the tannaim (תנאים), an important Jewish sage in the era of the Second Temple, and a primary contributor to the core...