Rabbi Akiva

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Jewish martyr Mishnaic sage Tannaitic sage Torah scholar halakhic authority rabbi

Rabbi Akiva was a leading 1st–2nd century CE Jewish sage and martyr, renowned as one of the greatest Talmudic scholars and a foundational figure in the development of rabbinic Judaism.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Akiva ben Yosef 1
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution) 1
Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish martyr ⓘ
Mishnaic sage ⓘ
Tannaitic sage ⓘ
Torah scholar ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
surface form: Bar Kokhba revolt
associatedWithPlace Bnei Brak ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Yavneh ⓘ
associatedWithText Midrash halakha ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Halakha

Mishnah ⓘ
Sifra ⓘ
Sifre Zuta ⓘ
surface form: Sifre

Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Talmud Bavli

Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
Tosefta ⓘ
birthPlace Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
burialPlaceTradition Tiberias ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by the Romans ⓘ
centuryActive 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
commemoratedOn Lag BaOmer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
deathPlace Roman Empire ⓘ
diedIn Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
era Tannaitic period ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aggadah ⓘ
Biblical exegesis ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
hasLegend began Torah study at age 40 ⓘ
had 24,000 students who died in a plague ⓘ
influenced Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Meir ⓘ
Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

development of the Mishnah ⓘ
development of the Talmud ⓘ
later Tannaim ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on the commandment "Love your neighbor as yourself" ⓘ
hermeneutic principle that no letter in the Torah is superfluous ⓘ
teaching that "All is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is given" ⓘ
teaching that "Everything that God does is for the good" ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
legalSchool Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: School of Rabbi Akiva
legalSchoolContrastedWith Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
surface form: School of Rabbi Ishmael
mentionedIn Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Talmud

Midrash ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Rabbah

Mishnah ⓘ
surface form: Pirkei Avot
methodOfExecution flaying ⓘ
movement Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
name Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akiva ben Yosef
notableFor development of rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
interpretive methods of Torah exegesis ⓘ
martyrdom under Roman persecution ⓘ
support of Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
occupation legal decisor ⓘ
shepherd ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousStatus sage ⓘ
tzaddik (righteous person) ⓘ
spouse Rachel bat Kalba Savua ⓘ
studentOf Shimon ben Gamliel II ⓘ
surface form: Rabban Gamliel II

Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus ⓘ
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah ⓘ
supported Simon bar Kokhba ⓘ
teacherOf Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua ⓘ
Rabbi Meir ⓘ
Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Nehemiah

Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai

Rabbi Yose ben Halafta ⓘ
victimOf Hadrianic persecutions ⓘ
viewedAs one of the Ten Martyrs ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Avinu Malkeinu → attributedTo → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution)
Sefer Yetzirah → attributedTo → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → legalSchool → Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: School of Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Akiva → name → Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akiva ben Yosef
this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef
Tannaitic period → notableFigure → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
Tannaim → notableMember → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
Simon bar Kokhba → supportedBy → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ