Zugot

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Zugot were pairs of early rabbinic sages who led the Jewish people and transmitted the Oral Torah during the Second Temple period, preceding the era of the Tannaim.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Jewish history
group of rabbinic sages
rabbinic leadership period
approximateEndCenturyBCE_CE 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
approximateStartCenturyBCE 2nd century BCE
areaOfInfluence religious law and practice of the Jewish people
associatedInstitution Jewish Temple
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
associatedWith Sanhedrin
chronologicalPosition after era of the Men of the Great Assembly
before Tannaitic period
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law
Mishnah
surface form: Oral Torah
followedBy Tannaim
hasMemberPair Hillel the Elder
surface form: Hillel and Shammai

Jose ben Joezer and Jose ben Johanan
Joshua ben Perachiah and Nittai of Arbela
Judah ben Tabbai and Simeon ben Shetach
Shmaiah and Avtalyon
historicalContext Second Temple Judaism
surface form: late Second Temple Judaism
influenced Mishnah
Tannaitic sages
later halakhic tradition
languageOfDiscourse Aramaic
Hebrew
leadershipModel dual leadership
leadershipStructure pairs of sages
location Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel
notableContribution development of early rabbinic legal traditions
preservation of Oral Torah prior to Mishnah
numberOfSagesInLeadership 2
precededBy Men of the Great Assembly
religiousAuthorityType Oral law authority
religiousBranch Rabbinic Judaism
religiousFunction interpretation of Torah law
judicial leadership
teaching of ethical maxims
religiousTradition Judaism
role leaders of the Jewish people
transmitters of the Oral Torah
sourceMention Pirkei Avot
surface form: Mishnah Avot

Talmud
timePeriod Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period
transmissionMode oral tradition
typicalOffices Av Beit Din
Nasi

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Tannaim precededBy Zugot