Gamaliel V.

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Gamaliel V (died 380) ( רבן גמליאל החמישי) was a Jewish patriarch and ruled from 365 to 380. He was the son and successor of Patriarch Hillel II.

Life

The completion and perfection of the Jewish calendar in 359 is attributed to the Patriarch Gamaliel V.

He was known less as a religious teacher and more as a secular politician. So from the sources of the Gaonim ("Seder Tanna'im we-Amora'im") only his name emerges. But in a letter from 393 Hieronymus mentions that Theodosius I (379–395) had sentenced the Roman consul Esychius to death because he had stolen documents from Patriarch Gamaliel.

The 16-part Codex Theodosianus , which summarizes the Roman laws from 312 to 438 and, among other things, also mentions the imperial edicts of Theodosius I, symbolizes the freedom of the Jewish faith until under Theodosius I.

In the 13th edict from the eighth chapter of the 16th book of the Codex Theodosianus it says: “The privilege of Jewish religious servants may only enjoy those who are under the authority (sovereignty) of the (Jewish) patriarch (Gamaliel V).” The Jewish Patriarch in Eretz Israel was thus strengthened and was in competition with the other patriarchs.

Judaism was still a religio licita . Even the edict of the Three Emperor Cunctos populos of 380 , which declares belief in the Trinity to be the binding state religion, did not apply to Judaism.

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SURNAME Gamaliel V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century
DATE OF DEATH 380