Simeon ben Gamaliel I.
Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel I. (also: Simon ben Gamliel I. etc.) was a Tannaite of the first generation in the first century AD, worked at the time of the Jewish War and, according to Josephus, was a “man full of insight and understanding”, but was in opposition to Josephus. He is counted among the Ten Martyrs who were killed under Emperor Hadrian .
He was Hillel's great-grandson and about 50 chairman of the Synhedrion . As a leader of the Pharisees , he was a driving force in the revolt against the Romans, during which he is believed to have died or fell.
In the sayings of the fathers (I., 17) he praises above all the virtue of silence.
Sources / literature (selection)
- Zacharias Frankel , Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
- Weiss , dor dor ... , 1871 ff. (Vol. I.)
- Jakob Brüll , Mewo hamischna , 1876 ff.
- Aaron Hyman , Toldoth Tannaim we-Amoraim , London 1910
- Samuel Atlas, article Simon ben Gamaliel I. , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927 (Vol. IV / 2)
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash . 8th edition, Munich 1992
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| SURNAME | Simeon ben Gamaliel I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon ben Gamliel I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar of antiquity |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |