Shimon ben Gamliel II

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Jewish sage Nasi Tanna patriarch of the Sanhedrin rabbinic leader

Shimon ben Gamliel II was a prominent 2nd-century CE Jewish sage and Nasi (patriarch) of the Sanhedrin who helped lead and reorganize Jewish life in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

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Label Occurrences
Rabban Gamliel II 2
Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel II 1
Shimon ben Gamliel 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish sage ⓘ
Nasi ⓘ
Tanna ⓘ
patriarch of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
rabbinic leader ⓘ
activeYearsEndTime 2nd century CE ⓘ
activeYearsStartTime 2nd century CE ⓘ
child Hillel II ⓘ
surface form: Hillel II (according to some traditions, grandson rather than son)

Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
era Tannaitic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
father Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
surface form: Rabban Gamliel II
hasTitle Nasi Israel ⓘ
surface form: Nasi of Israel

Rabbi ⓘ
surface form: Rabban
historicalContext Roman rule in Judea and Galilee ⓘ
aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
knownFor compromises between strict and lenient halakhic opinions ⓘ
emphasis on preserving rabbinic hierarchy and honor of the Nasi ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
legalTradition Halakha ⓘ
memberOf House of Hillel ⓘ
Nasi dynasty ⓘ
mentionedIn Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud Bavli ⓘ
Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
Tosefta ⓘ
notableFor establishing post–Bar Kokhba rabbinic authority ⓘ
leadership of the Sanhedrin at Usha and later at other Galilean centers ⓘ
legal rulings preserved in the Mishnah and Tosefta ⓘ
reorganizing Jewish communal life after the Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
notableWork ethical sayings preserved in rabbinic literature ⓘ
halakhic rulings cited in the Mishnah ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
partOf Sanhedrin at Usha ⓘ
surface form: Sanhedrin of Usha
positionHeld Nasi of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
head of the Jewish community in the Land of Israel ⓘ
predecessor Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
surface form: Rabban Gamliel II (as Nasi of the Sanhedrin)

Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Akiva (as leading sage of the generation, though not Nasi)
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Galilee ⓘ
Usha ⓘ
spouse daughter of Rabbi Hanina ben Teradyon (according to rabbinic tradition) ⓘ
successor Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ
timePeriod after the Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judah ha-Nasi → father → Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
Shimon → hasNotableBearer → Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shimon ben Gamliel
Rabbi Akiva → studentOf → Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II
Tannaim → notableMember → Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II
Sanhedrin at Usha → participant → Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel II