Resh Lakish

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Resh Lakish was a prominent third-century Amoraic sage of the Talmud, renowned for his sharp intellect, dynamic debates with Rabbi Yohanan, and his dramatic transformation from bandit to leading rabbinic scholar.

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Resh Lakish canonical 3
Reish Lakish 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amoraic sage
Jewish religious scholar
Talmudic sage
rabbi
alsoKnownAs Bar Lakisha
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish
Resh Lakish
surface form: Reish Lakish

Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish
surface form: Shimon ben Lakish
associatedWithText Talmud Bavli
Talmud Yerushalmi
belongsToSchool Amoraim
surface form: Amoraim of the Land of Israel
biographicalTheme moral transformation
repentant sinner
centuryActive 3rd century CE
characterTrait intellectual rigor
outspokenness
physical strength
cityAssociatedWith Tiberias
closeAssociate Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha
surface form: Rabbi Yohanan
culturalRole model of teshuvah (repentance) in rabbinic literature
deathCauseTradition died following quarrel with Rabbi Yohanan
debatedWith Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha
surface form: Rabbi Yohanan
era first generation Amoraim in the Land of Israel
familyRelation brother-in-law of Rabbi Yohanan
fieldOfWork Aggadah
Halakha
influenced classical Talmudic interpretation
later Amoraim
knownFor aggadic teachings
dramatic personal repentance
halakhic debates with Rabbi Yohanan
sharp intellect
transition from bandit to scholar
language Aramaic
Mishnaic Hebrew
legalAuthorityType Amora
marriedTo sister of Rabbi Yohanan
name Resh Lakish self-link
narrativeMotif debate leading to estrangement from Rabbi Yohanan
occupationBeforeRepentance bandit
gladiator
regionOfActivity Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel
religion Judaism
sourceMentionedIn Talmud Bavli
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Talmud Yerushalmi
surface form: Jerusalem Talmud

Midrash
surface form: Midrashic literature
teacherStudentRelationship colleague of Rabbi Yohanan
disciple of Rabbi Yohanan
tradition Rabbinic Judaism

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Amoraic period hasNotableFigure Resh Lakish
Amoraim notableMember Resh Lakish
this entity surface form: Reish Lakish
Resh Lakish name Resh Lakish self-link
Resh Lakish alsoKnownAs Resh Lakish
this entity surface form: Reish Lakish