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Gamaliel the Elder, or Rabbi Gamaliel I, was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. He was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the mid first century. He died nine years before the destruction of Jerusalem (63 AD). Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod; he is one of the most important figures in Judaic history, associated with the Mishnah and the Talmud. ...
For the tractate in the Mishnah, see Sanhedrin (tractate). ...
The first Jewish-Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire (the second was the Kitos War in 115–117, the third was Bar Kokhbas revolt, 132–135). ...
Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek ΙεÏοσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...
Gamaliel as Rabban
In the Talmud, this Gamaliel bears the title "Rabban", a rabbinic title given to the Nasi (head) of the Sanhedrin, of which he is the first of seven appointed leaders of that school of Hillel which earned the title. The Talmud (תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions of Jewish law, ethics, customs, and stories, which are authoritative in Jewish tradition. ...
NÄśī’ (× Ö¸×©Ö´×‚×™×) is a Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times it was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin, the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. ...
In the Mishna he is spoken of as the author of certain legal ordinances affecting the welfare of the community and regulating certain issues concerning conjugal rights. Among his rulings, Rabban Gamaliel decided that for the purposes of remarriage a single witness could provide sufficient evidence of the death of a husband (Yevamot 16:7). The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ...
In the tradition was also preserved the text of the epistles regarding the insertion of the intercalary month, which he sent to the inhabitants of Galilee and the Darom (southern Palestine) and to the Jews of the Diaspora (Sarihedrin II b and elsewhere). He figures in two anecdotes as the religious adviser of Agrippa I and his wife Cypris (Pesahirri 88 ii). Of his teaching, beyond the saying preserved in Aboth i. 16, which enjoins the duty of study and of scrupulousness in the observance of religious ordinances, only a very remarkable characterization of the different natures of students remains. This compares distinct types of student to varieties of fish. (Aboth di R. Nathan, cb. xl.). Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ...
Front and back of a Judean coin from the reign of Agrippa I. Agrippa I also called the Great (10 BC - 44 AD), king of Judea, the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice. ...
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδῑ´τη, risen from sea-foam) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. ...
Gamaliel I held a reputation of one of the greatest teachers in the annals of Judaism. Mish. Sorah ix.15 pays tribute to this quality, "Since Rabban Gamaliel the Elder died there has been no more reverence for the law, and purity and abstinence died out at the same time." While believeing the law to be wholly inspired by God, he ruled that the sabbath laws should be less rigorous and more realistic. He also argued that the law should protect women during divorce and urged Jews to be kind towards Gentiles. A Gentile refers to a non-Israelite; the word is derived from the Latin term gens (meaning clan or a group of families) and is often employed in the plural. ...
Gamaliel in Acts of the Apostles In Acts of the Apostles Gamaliel is described as a Pharisee and celebrated scholar of the Mosaic Law. Gamaliel is represented in Acts (5:34ff), as advising his fellow-members of the Sanhedrin not to put to death Saint Peter and the Apostles for preaching the Gospel. His advice was acted upon, so great was his authority with his contemporaries. He is also treated as the originator of many legal ordinances; as the father of a son, whom he called Simeon, after his father's name, and of a daughter who married the priest Simon ben Nathanael. (22:3), It is also stated that he was the teacher of St. Paul; but we are not told either the nature or the extent of the influence which he exercised upon the future apostle of the Gentiles. Shabbath 30b mentions a student of Gamaliel I who displayed "impudence in learning" a person some scholars identify as possibly referring to Paul. Other scholars, such as Helmut Koester, are doubtful that Paul studied under this famous rabbi. The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ...
The Pharisees (from the Hebrew perushim, from parash, meaning to separate) were, depending on the time, a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). ...
Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Five Books of Moses, but can also be used in the general sense to also include both the Written...
For the tractate in the Mishnah, see Sanhedrin (tractate). ...
Saint Peter, also known as Peter, Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ...
The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek απόστολος apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an emissary) were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles...
For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ...
Saul, also known as Paul, Paulus, and Saint Paul the Apostle (c. ...
Helmut Koester (1926 - ) is a German-born American scholar of the New Testament, and currently Research Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School. ...
Gamaliel as Christian saint
 Saint Stephen Mourned by Saints Gamaliel and Nicodemus, follower of Carlo Saraceni, c. 1615, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Because of his sympathetic attitude to the early Christians, at an early date Christian ecclesiastical tradition has supposed that Gamaliel I embraced the Christian faith, and remained a member of the Sanhedrin for the purpose of secretly helping his fellow-Christians (compare Recognitions of Clement I.65,66). According to Photius, he was baptized by St. Peter and St. John, together with his son and with Nicodemus. His body, miraculously discovered in the fifth century, is said to be preserved at Pisa, in Italy. Image File history File links Follower of Carlo Saraceni, Italian (Venetian), about 1579–1620 Saint Stephen Mourned by Saints Gamaliel and Nicodemus about 1615 Oil on canvas 113. ...
Image File history File links Follower of Carlo Saraceni, Italian (Venetian), about 1579–1620 Saint Stephen Mourned by Saints Gamaliel and Nicodemus about 1615 Oil on canvas 113. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recounted in the Gospels. ...
Clementine literature (also called Clementia, Pseudo-Clementine Writings, The Preaching of Peter etc. ...
Photius (b. ...
Nicodemus (Greek: Îικόδημος) was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. ...
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...
Both of these traditions are considered to be ahistorical legends by the great majority of scholars.
See also List of names referring to El Many given names in the English language refer to El, a Hebrew word meaning God, and have their origin in the Bible. ...
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