House of Hillel

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Hasmonean and post-Hasmonean era institution Jewish religious leadership lineage rabbinic dynasty

The House of Hillel was a prominent rabbinic dynasty in ancient Judea, traditionally tracing its leadership lineage from the sage Hillel the Elder through generations of Nasi (princes) who headed the Sanhedrin.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hasmonean and post-Hasmonean era institution ⓘ Jewish religious leadership lineage ⓘ rabbinic dynasty ⓘ
country	Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	after abolition of the patriarchate by the Roman Empire ⓘ
foundedBy	Hillel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Gamaliel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Hillel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel III NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel V NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Hillel II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Judah II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Judah III NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel I NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Davidic lineage (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ later rabbinic leadership structures ⓘ
knownFor	development of Oral Torah ⓘ leadership of the Sanhedrin ⓘ more lenient halakhic rulings compared to House of Shammai ⓘ transmission of halakhic tradition ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
legacy	central to rabbinic authority in classical Judaism ⓘ
lineageContinuedBy	Gamaliel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Gamaliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel I NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
lineageFrom	Hillel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Yavneh NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Hillel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	House of Shammai NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Nasi of the Sanhedrin NERFINISHED ⓘ head of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	hereditary leadership of the Jewish community in Roman-era Judea ⓘ
timePeriod	Tannaitic period ⓘ early Amoraic period ⓘ late Second Temple period ⓘ
tradition	Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Nasi (prince) of Israel → associatedWithDynasty → House of Hillel ⓘ

Rabban Gamaliel II → memberOf → House of Hillel ⓘ

Shimon ben Gamliel II → memberOf → House of Hillel ⓘ