Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
JOSHUA BEN PERAḤYAH — (second half of the second century B.C.E.), one of the zugot ( pairs of scholars), together with nittai of arbela . Joshua was a pupil of Yose b. Joezer of Ẓeredah and of Yose b. Johanan of Jerusalem. According to the Mishnah, he was the nasi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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SIMEON BEN SHETAḤ — (first century B.C.E.), one of the most prominent of the scholars of the Second Temple period. He was active during the reign of alexander yannai and queen salome alexandra (Sifra, Beḥukotai, ch. 1), who according to certain late aggadic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JUDAH BEN TABBAI — (first century B.C.E.), one of the zugot , the colleague of . A disciple of Joshua b. Peraḥyah and Nittai of Arbela. According to one tradition he was the nasi (see sanhedrin ) and Simeon b. Shetaḥ the av bet din, but another tradition reverses… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nittai the Arbelite — (fl. 2nd cent, BCE) Palestinian sage, one of the zugot. He served as president of the Sanhedrin when Joshua ben Perahyah was patriarch … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Yeshu — This article is about an individual or individuals found in Jewish literature. For the similar sounding Hebrew or Aramaic name, see Yeshua (name). Yeshu (ישו in Hebrew and Aramaic) is the name of an individual or individuals mentioned in Rabbinic … Wikipedia
PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JESUS — (d. 30 C.E.), whom Christianity sees as its founder and object of faith, was a Jew who lived toward the end of the Second Commonwealth period. The martyrdom of his brother James is narrated by Josephus (Ant. 20:200–3), but the passage in the same … Encyclopedia of Judaism
