Joshua ben Gamla (Hebrew: יהושע בן גמלא), also called Jesus the son of Gamala (Greek: Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Γαμάλα), was a Jewish high priest in about 64-65 CE....

disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah. He is the sixth most...

his descendants. Gamaliel was a controversial leader. In a dispute about fixing the calendar, Rabban Gamaliel humiliated Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah by asking...

of the second generation and a junior contemporary of Gamaliel II, Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, Joshua b. Hananiah, and Akiva. He was a kohen and traced his pedigree...

agreed to John’s request to persuade the high priests Ananus ben Ananus and Joshua ben Gamla and others to dismiss Josephus. However, Ananus decided...

voyage. After Gamaliel's death, the first place among the scholars fell to Joshua, since Eliezer ben Hyrcanus was under a ban. Joshua wished to do away...

Besides Eliezer, Akiva studied under Joshua ben Hananiah and Nachum Ish Gamzu. According to the Jerusalem Talmud, R. Joshua ordained Akiva as his fellow-student...

Joshua ben Levi (Yehoshua ben Levi) was an amora, a scholar of the Talmud, who lived in the Land of Israel in the first half of the third century. He...

impurity. Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus argues that the oven is ritually pure while the other rabbis, including the nasi Rabban Gamaliel, argue that the oven...

and Joshua were present as the geonim par excellence at Elisha's circumcision—which must, therefore, have occurred after the death of Johanan ben Zakkai...

HaKadosh Maimonides Eliezer ben Hurcanus Joshua ben Hananiah Yochanan ben Zakai Synagogue, located in Jerusalem's Old City. Ben Zakai, a village in central...

Joshua ben Hananiah (from whom he received his cognomen), and witnessed his uncle's activities on the Sanhedrin of Yavne. In the days of Gamaliel II...

9 CE until Gamaliel became nasi in 30 CE. The post of av beit din was eventually filled since the Babylonian Talmud states that Joshua ben Hananiah was...

Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, the teachers of Rabbi Akiva, as well as Gamaliel of Yavne and Eleazar ben Arach Third...

same name such as the high priest Jesus son of Damneus, or Jesus son of Gamaliel" both having been mentioned by Josephus in this context. Sources for the...

28a relates that Shimon had previously studied at Yavne, under Gamaliel II and Joshua ben Hananiah, and that he was the cause of the infamous quarrel that...

Apostles, which mentions a "Great Synhedrion" in chapter 5 where rabbi Gamaliel appeared, and also in chapter 7 in relation to the stoning death of Saint...

Nasi (prince), had almost royal authority. Gamaliel II of Jamnia (80–115) - Council of Jamnia Eleazar ben Azariah (115–120) (Sons of Zadok) Interregnum...

(ben) Pandera, and he could breathe. As he left, (Joshua) asked him, "What did you whisper to him?" (The person answered:) "So-and-so words." (Joshua)...

Akabia ben Mahalalel. Sometimes Hananiah (or Hanina) is cited without his patronymic. Thus, he is easily confused with Haninah ben Ahi R. Joshua, who is...

but redeemed by R' Joshua ben Hananiah. R' Nehunya ben HaKanah became his teacher, and he remained a close colleague of Rabbi Joshua. He is likely the...

"Eleazar ben Chasma") was a tanna (sage) of the second and third generations (2nd century). He was a disciple of Joshua ben Hananiah and Gamaliel II. He...

with Gamaliel the Elder. The title rabban was restricted in usage to the descendants of Hillel the Elder, the sole exception being Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai...

and successor of Gamaliel III as Nasi. Sometimes called Rabbi Judah Nesi'ah, and occasionally Rebbi like his grandfather. Shimon ben Lakish (d. late 3rd...

His name is sometimes shortened to Eliezer ben Judah or Eleazar of Bartota. He was the pupil of R. Joshua ben Hananiah and a contemporary of R. Akiva, who...

taken up again: it contains four questions disputed by Joshua; three by Zadok; four by Gamaliel (besides two groups of his teachings, each group consisting...

contribution to Judaism's recovery and reconstitution under sages ben Zakkai and Gamaliel II following the destruction of the Second Temple. This period...

Jobab ben Zerah, a King of Edom according to Genesis 36:33 and 1 Chronicles 1:44. King of Madon, one of the kings who fought against Israel in Joshua 11...

"Helpetha ben Shaul," and "Helpetha of Huna", later scholars. His descent is traced back to Jonadab the Rechabite. He was a senior contemporary of Gamaliel II...

Nazareth". The English name Jesus, from Greek Iēsous, is a rendering of Joshua (Hebrew Yehoshua, later Yeshua), and was not uncommon in Judea at the time...