Joseph Of Arimathea

Joseph Of Arimathea

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Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A...
Rabbi Meir

Rabbi Meir

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Rabbi Meir or Reb Meir Ba'al Ha-Nes (lit. "Rabbi Meir Master of the Miracle") was a famous Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Talmud. He was...
Adin Steinsaltz

Adin Steinsaltz

male, 72 years old (Jerusalem, Israel)
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (born 1937) is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation...
Judas Of Galilee

Judas Of Galilee

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Judas of Galilee or Judas of Gamala led a violent resistance to a census imposed for Roman tax purposes by Quirinius (sometimes spelled "Cyrenius"...
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....
Claudius Lysias

Claudius Lysias

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Claudius Lysias is a figure mentioned in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles. According to, Lysias was a Roman Tribune and the...

Gamaliel II

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Rabbi Gamaliel II was the first person to lead the sanhedrin as nasi. After the fall of the second temple, which occurred in 70 CE, Gamliel was...

Myrrhbearers

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The term Myrrhbearers refers to the women who came to the tomb of Christ early in the morning and were the first witnesses of the Resurrection of...
Rabbi Nathan

Rabbi Nathan

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Rabbi Nathan was a Palestinian tanna of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left...

Nicodemus

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Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. He appears three times in the...