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Also Known As Judah the Prince
Born 135
Died c.220
Notable Works Mishna
Notable Family Members son Gamaliel III
Subjects Of Study Halakhah
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Gamaliel III
Jewish scholar
Gamaliel I
Jewish scholar
Lag ba-ʿOmer
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
Meïr
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Eleazar ben Azariah
rabbinic scholar
Johanan ben Zakkai
Jewish scholar
Ishmael ben Elisha
Jewish scholar
Gamaliel II
Jewish scholar
Tao Hongjing
Chinese Daoist
Daigak Guksa
Buddhist priest
al-Tirmidhī
Muslim scholar
Lu Hsiu-ching
Chinese Daoist
’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Akiva ben Yosef
Akiva ben Yosef
Jewish sage and rabbinic founder
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian poet