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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Rabbi Akiva canonical	31
Akiva ben Yosef	1
Rabbi Akiva (as leading sage of the generation, though not Nasi)	1
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution)	1
Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef	1
Rabbi Akiva to study Torah for many years away from home	1
School of Rabbi Akiva	1

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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 (37)

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

Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → dedicatedTo → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → commemorates → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → associatedWith → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → namedAfter → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef

Sefer Yetzirah → attributedTo → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai

Simon bar Kokhba → supportedBy → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Akiva → name → Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akiva ben Yosef

Rabbi Akiva → legalSchool → Rabbi Akiva self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: School of Rabbi Akiva

Tannaim → notableMember → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Avinu Malkeinu → attributedTo → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution)

Tannaitic period → notableFigure → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Sifra → associatedWithSchool → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rashbi → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Lag BaOmer → associatedWith → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Shimon bar Yochai → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai → teacher → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Hekhalot Rabbati → featuresCharacter → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Akiva → hasNotableBearer → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Bar Kosiba → supportedBy → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Bar Kosiba → messianicTitleGivenBy → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Shimon ben Gamliel II → predecessor → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva (as leading sage of the generation, though not Nasi)

Rachel bat Kalba Savua → spouse → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rachel bat Kalba Savua → encouraged → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Akiva to study Torah for many years away from home

Hadrianic persecutions → significantPerson → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Meir → teacher → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Meir → discipleOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Talmudic sage Rabbi Meir → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabbi Meir

Rabbi Yose ben Halafta → studentOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua → teacher → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua → discipleOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus → student → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah → contemporaryOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah → notableStudent → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Tarfon → teacherOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ

Rabbi Tarfon → contemporaryOf → Rabbi Akiva ⓘ