Judah ha-Nasi

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Judah ha-Nasi was a prominent 2nd–3rd century CE Jewish sage and patriarch best known for redacting and organizing the foundational rabbinic text of Jewish law and tradition.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish sage
Nasi of the Sanhedrin
Tanna
compiler of the Mishnah
rabbinic leader
activityPeriod early 3rd century CE
late 2nd century CE
aim to preserve the Oral Law in written form
alsoKnownAs Judah the Prince
Rabbeinu ha-Kadosh
Rabbi
Yehuda ha-Nasi
associatedWith Oral Torah
Sanhedrin
Tannaitic period
birthCentury 2nd century CE
burialPlace Galilee (traditionally in Beit She'arim)
category Mishnah redactors
Tannaim
deathCentury 3rd century CE
dynasty House of Hillel
ethnicity Jewish
father Shimon ben Gamliel II
historicalContext Roman rule over Judea and Galilee
honorificTitle Rabbi
ha-Kadosh
influenced development of halakhah
later Talmudic discussions
knownFor leadership of the rabbinic community in Roman Palestine
organizing the Mishnah into six orders
promoting the study of Torah and oral law
redacting the Mishnah
language Aramaic
Hebrew
legacy central figure in classical rabbinic Judaism
legalSchool rabbinic Judaism
name Judah ha-Nasi
placeOfActivity Galilee
Roman Palestine
Sepphoris
Tiberias
position Nasi of the Sanhedrin in Tiberias
religion Judaism
respectedBy later rabbinic tradition
role patriarch of the Jewish community in Roman Palestine
teacherOf various late Tannaim and early Amoraim
work Mishnah

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Judah ha-Nasi ("Rabbeinu ha-Kadosh")
Judah ha-Nasi ("Yehuda ha-Nasi")
alsoKnownAs
Mishnah
compiledBy
Judah ha-Nasi
name
Tannaitic period ("Rabbi Judah haNasi")
notableFigure
Tannaim ("Rabbi Yehuda haNasi")
notableMember
Mishnah
redactor

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