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Born 1100 • France
Died June 9, 1171 (aged 71) • Troyes • France
Subjects Of Study Talmud
Meir Of Rothenburg
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Gershom ben Judah
Jewish scholar
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
Solomon Schechter
American rabbi and scholar
Levi ben Gershom
French scholar
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Jewish scholar
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
Ishmael ben Elisha
Jewish scholar
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader
Lag ba-ʿOmer
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar