JOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI

jōhănˈən bĕn zăkˈāī, leader of the Pharisees of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple in a.d. 70, afterward founder of the Jewish academy at Jamnia. He emphasized the study of the Torah as the primary religious duty for which humankind was created. After a.d. 70 he taught that deeds of loving kindness might replace sacrifice in achieving atonement.

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A Life of Yohanan Ben Zakkai, Ca.1-80 C.E
Book by Jacob Neusner; E. J. Brill, 1970
Subjects: Johanan Ben Zakkai--D. Ca. 80
Revel, H., "Johanan ben Zakkai," Universal Jewish Entydopedia...Sadowsky, Hillel, Rabbi Jochanan ben Zakkai , Rochester, 1932. Safrai, Shmuel...1925. -----, " Jochanan ben Zakkai, der Zeitgenosse der Apostel...
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Sirach, Scrolls, and Sages: Proceedings of a Second International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, and the Mishnah, Held at Leiden University, 15-17 December 1997
Book by T. Muraoka, J. F. Elwolde; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Apocrypha--Ecclesiasticus--Language, Style--Congresses, Dead Sea Scrolls--Congresses, Hebrew Language, Post-Biblical--Congresses, Mishnah--Language, Style--Congresses
...roasting it on the grill simply meaning roasting it. (7) Once when they brought cooked food 5tU?tl? to Rabban Johanan b. Zakkai to taste ... (m. Sukkah 2.5). This article is probably also associative, since eating and drinking is what...
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Rebirth and Destiny of Israel
Book by David Ben-Gurion, Mordekhai Nurock; Philosophical Library, 1954
Subjects: Palestine--History
...and the understanding of our past was warped. Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai, who pleaded with the Roman conqueror for Yavneh and...vagabondage. But the greatest of his disciples, Akiva ben Joseph, the most remarkable figure in Jewry after the...
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Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians
Book by Ben Witherington III; W.B. Eerdmans, 1995
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Corinthians--Commentaries
...heaven. This was not a planned trip: He was caught up. It is plausible, in view of the parallel with the pupils of Johanan ben Zakkai, Pauls near contemporary, that Paul is talking about the kind of experience here that later came to be identified...
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Folktales of the Jews - Vol. 2
Book by Dan Ben-Amos; Jewish Publication Society, 2006
Subjects: Jews--Folklore, Legends, Jewish, Legends, Jewish--History And Criticism, Sephardim--Folklore, Tales--History And Criticism
...to early first century c.E.) and Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (first century c.E.), historical cornerstones...parables (BT Soferim 16:9); and they said of R. Johanan b Zakkai that he did not leave unstudied Scripture, Mishna...
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journal articles on: Johanan Ben Zakkai  - 6 results

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Judaism in Israel: Ben-Gurion's Private Beliefs and Public Policy
Journal article by Zvi Zameret; Israel Studies, Vol. 4, 1999
Subjects: Israel, Zionism
...Hebrew . The writer A. B. Yehoshua criticized Ben-Gurions policy. He stated that "If Ben- Gurion, at the height of his power and...Diaries, 12 December 1954. 64. Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai -- leading sage in Eretz Israel after the...
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Karaism and Christian Hebraism: A New Document
Journal article by Daniel J. Lasker; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Karaites--History, Karaites--Religious aspects
...similar statement about Maimonides, as to which Johanan reference is made. Rankin, 226, assumes that the first Johanan is the mishnaic teacher Johanan ben Zakkai, and not John the Baptist (which latter was...
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The Evolution of American Orthodox Relief and Rescue Efforts during the Holocaust: Two Documents
Journal article by Efraim Zuroff; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 40, 2003
Subjects: Holocaust literature--Criticism and interpretation
...olden days of the destruction of the Temple, Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai pleaded for the great Academy of Yavneh and her scholars...Gittin 56b.The renowned Torah scholar Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai, who lived at the time of the destruction of the Second...
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Why Did Matthew Get the Shema Wrong? a Study of Matthew 22:37
Journal article by Paul Foster; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 122, 2003
Subjects: Christianity, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Matthew, Saint, New Testament, Sacred texts, Saints, Source studies
...Jew (the supposed converted rabbi of the school of Johanan ben Zakkai!).9 However, the tendentious reference to ben Zakkai aside, this argument is effectively countered by Davies...
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Micro-Macro Criminology
Journal article by Shlomo Giora Shoham; International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2001
Subjects: Criminal psychology--Comparative method, Criminologists--Technique, Criminology--Comparative method
...innovation continued. This is apparent in the flourishing of scholarship in Yavneh, under the leadership of Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai, immediately after the destruction of the Temple. This scholarship continued with only a few interruptions, including...
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encyclopedia articles on: Johanan Ben Zakkai  - 4 results

 
 
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Johanan Ben Zakkai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI johan n ben zak ai, leader of the Pharisees of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple in a.d. 70, afterward founder of the Jewish academy at Jamnia . He emphasized the study of the Torah as the primary religious duty...
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Jamnia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jerusalem (a.d. 70), Jamnia became a great Jewish cultural center. At the prayer of Johanan ben Zakkai , Vespasian spared Jamnia and permitted Johanan to settle there as leader of the Jewish community after the fall of Jerusalem. The Great...
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Tannaim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple (a.d. 70), Johanan ben Zakkai reconstituted the academy at Jabneh (see Jamnia ), where the work of the Tannaim flourished. Akiba ben Joseph was among their disciples. The final compilation...
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Gamaliel of Jabneh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...grandson of the Gamaliel who, according to tradition, taught St. Paul the law. A Palestinian Tanna, he succeeded Johanan ben Zakkai as head of the academy at Jamnia . He centralized rabbinic authority and was recognized by the Romans as a leader...


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