Rabban Gamaliel II

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Jewish religious leader Nasi of the Sanhedrin Patriarch of Yavneh Tannaitic sage

Rabban Gamaliel II was a leading early rabbinic sage and patriarch at Yavneh who helped reshape Jewish law and communal life after the destruction of the Second Temple.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Rabban Gamaliel II canonical 7
Rabban Gamliel II 3
Gamaliel II 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious leader ⓘ
Nasi of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
Patriarch of Yavneh ⓘ
Tannaitic sage ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 2nd century CE ⓘ
late 1st century CE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate early 2nd century CE ⓘ
associatedWith Sanhedrin at Yavneh ⓘ
surface form: Council of Yavneh

Sanhedrin at Yavneh ⓘ
Yavneh academy ⓘ
basedIn Yavneh ⓘ
burialPlace Kfar Uqtzin (traditional attribution) ⓘ
childOf Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel I NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
descendantOf Hillel the Elder ⓘ
King David ⓘ
surface form: King David (traditional claim)
era Tannaitic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish communal organization ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
follows Hillel the Elder ⓘ
givenName Gamaliel ⓘ
honorificPrefix Rabbeinu ⓘ
surface form: Rabban
knownForDecision affirming the authority of the Nasi over calendar decisions ⓘ
fixing the Jewish calendar by testimony of witnesses to the new moon ⓘ
instituting certain liturgical regulations at Yavneh ⓘ
involvement in the formulation of the Birkat haMinim blessing ⓘ
regulating the Amidah prayer ⓘ
requiring daily recitation of the Amidah ⓘ
standardizing the wording of some blessings ⓘ
knownForEvent public dispute with Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah about the calendar ⓘ
reinstated as Nasi with limited powers alongside Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah ⓘ
temporarily deposed from the Nasi position ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf House of Hillel ⓘ
mentionedIn Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud Bavli ⓘ
Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
Tosefta ⓘ
notableFor establishing post-Temple norms of Jewish law and practice ⓘ
helping to shape early rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
leading the rabbinic academy at Yavneh ⓘ
reorganizing Jewish communal life after the destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
strengthening the authority of the Nasi ⓘ
positionHeld Nasi of the Sanhedrin at Yavneh ⓘ
Patriarch of the Jewish community in the Land of Israel ⓘ
region Israel ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
religion Judaism ⓘ
succeededBy Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ
teacherOf Rabbi Akiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Tarfon NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Tannaitic period → notableFigure → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Nasi (prince) of Israel → positionHeldBy → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel the Elder
Nasi (prince) of Israel → positionHeldBy → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh
Shimon ben Gamliel II → father → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II
Shimon ben Gamliel II → predecessor → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II (as Nasi of the Sanhedrin)
Eighteen Benedictions → associatedWith → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II
Sanhedrin at Yavneh → associatedWith → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Yavneh → associatedWith → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gamaliel II
Yavneh → hasNotableFigure → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus → contemporary → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah → contemporaryOf → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah → notableStudent → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai → teacherOf → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
Rabbi Tarfon → contemporaryOf → Rabban Gamaliel II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabban Gamliel II