Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai

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Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was a foundational early rabbinic sage who helped preserve Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple and is traditionally credited with establishing the center of Jewish learning at Yavne.

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instanceOf Jewish religious leader
Tanna
rabbinic sage
alsoKnownAs Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai
associatedWithEvent destruction of the Second Temple
associatedWithPlace Jerusalem
Yavneh
surface form: Yavne
doctrineOrPractice emphasis on Torah study and acts of lovingkindness as central to Jewish life
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law and tradition
Torah study
honorificPrefix Rabbi
surface form: Rabban
influenced development of Rabbinic Judaism
structure of post-Temple Jewish law and practice
knownFor negotiations with Vespasian according to rabbinic tradition
requesting Yavne and its sages from the Roman authorities in rabbinic tradition
language Aramaic
Mishnaic Hebrew
legacy continuity of Jewish religious life after 70 CE
establishment of Yavne as a center of Jewish learning
mentionedIn Mishnah
Talmud Bavli
Talmud Yerushalmi
Tosefta
movement Pharisees
surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
notableFor founding the academy at Yavne
preserving Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple
transitioning Judaism from Temple-centered worship to Torah and rabbinic study
positionHeld head of the Yavnean academy
leading sage of the late Second Temple period
religion Judaism
roleInJudaism foundational architect of post-Temple Rabbinic Judaism
teacherOf Rabban Gamaliel II
Eleazar ben Arach
surface form: Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach

Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah
Rabbi Shimon ben Nethanel
Rabbi Yose the Priest
timePeriod early rabbinic era
late Second Temple period
traditionallyBornIn first century BCE
traditionallyDiedIn first century CE
traditionSource rabbinic literature

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Tannaim notableMember Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Tannaitic period notableFigure Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai
Exilarch David ben Zakkai familyName Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
subject surface form: David ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: ben Zakkai
Sanhedrin at Yavneh associatedWith Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yavneh associatedWith Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yavneh hasNotableFigure Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus teacher Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah teacher Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah discipleOf Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai alsoKnownAs Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yohanan hasAlternativeForm Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai (personal name form)
Yohanan hasNotableBearer Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
this entity surface form: Yohanan ben Zakkai