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Gamaliel
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Gamaliel the Elder (; also spelled Gamliel; Rabban Gamliʾēl haz-Zāqēn; Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel and grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. He fathered Simeon ben Gamliel, who was named for Gamaliel's father, and a daughter, who married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael.
Key facts
- Jewish leader.title
- Nasi
- Jewish leader.image
- Rabban Gamliel.jpg
- Jewish leader.honorific prefix
- Rabban
- Jewish leader.caption
- Gamaliel depicted in a medieval miniature
- Jewish leader.father
- Simeon ben Hillel
- Jewish leader.children
- 2, including Simeon ben Gamliel
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Gamaliel
- Saint.birth_date
- 1st century BC
- Saint.death_date
- 1st century AD
- Saint.feast_day
- 2 August (Eastern Orthodoxy), 3 August (Catholic)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Tannaim
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Judaea
- Child
- Abibon
- Father
- Simeon ben Hillel
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- Nasi
- Religion
- Judaism
- Student of
- Simeon ben Hillel
- Image
- Tomba abibo gamaliele nicodemo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gamaliel
- date of birth
- 0100-01-01
- date of death
- 0052-00-00
- student
- Simeon ben Gamliel
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- canonization status
- saint
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- In Jewish tradition
- Quotes
- In the New Testament and in Apocrypha
- Alleged Gospel of Gamaliel
- Veneration
- See also
- References
- External links
Gamaliel the Elder (; also spelled Gamliel; Rabban Gamliʾēl haz-Zāqēn; Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel and grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. He fathered Simeon ben Gamliel, who was named for Gamaliel's father, and a daughter, who married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael.
In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is recognized as a Pharisaic doctor of Jewish Law. Gamaliel was named as a member of the Sanhedrin in Acts 5 and the teacher of Paul the Apostle in . Gamaliel encouraged his fellow Pharisees to show leniency to the apostles of Jesus in .
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