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Gamaliel and Nicodemus , follower of Carlo Saraceni, c. 1615, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gamaliel is the Greek form of the Hebrew name meaning "reward of God".1The name designates in the New Testament a Pharisee and celebrated doctor of the Mosaic Law . Gamaliel is represented in Acts 5:34ff, as advising his fellow-members of the Sanhedrin not to put to death Saint Peter and the Apostles , who, notwithstanding the prohibition of the Jewish authorities, had continued to preach to the people. His advice, however unwelcome, was acted upon, so great was his authority with his contemporaries. According to Acts 22:3, he was the teacher of St. Paul ; but we are not told either the nature or the extent of the influence which he exercised upon the future apostle of the Gentiles. Some scholars, such as Helmut Koester , are doubtful that Paul studied under this famous rabbi. Gamaliel is rightly identified with an illustrious Jewish doctor of the Law, who bore the same name and died nine years before the destruction of Jerusalem . In the Talmud , this Gamaliel bears, like his grandfather Hillel the Elder , and is the first to whom the title " Rabbi " was given. He appears therein, as in Acts, as a prominent member of the highest tribunal of the Jews. He is also treated as the originator of many legal ordinances; as the father of a son, whom he called Simeon, after his father's name, and of a daughter who married the priest Simon ben Nathanael . The Jewish accounts state he died a Pharisee, and mourn that "when he died, the honour of the Torah (the law) ceased, and purity and piety became extinct." At an early date, ecclesiastical tradition has supposed that Gamaliel embraced the Christian faith, and remained a member of the Sanhedrin for the purpose of helping secretly his fellow-Christians (compare Recognitions of Clement I.65,66). According to Photius , he was baptized by St. John, together with his son and with Nicodemus. His body, miraculously discovered in the fifth century, is said to be preserved at Pisa , in Italy .2
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He was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder , and died twenty years before the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem.He fathered a son, whom he called Simeon , after his father's name , and a daughter, whose daughter ( i.e. , Gamaliel's granddaughter) married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael . The name Gamaliel is the Greek form of the Hebrew name meaning reward of God . In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is celebrated as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law , who was the teacher of Paul the Apostle ; The Book of Acts portrays Gamaliel as a man of great respect .
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Gamaliel the Elder ( / ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l j əl / ; also spelled Gamliel ; Hebrew : רבן גמליאל הזקן; Greek : Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος) or Rabban Gamaliel I , was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early 1st century CE.He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel , and grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder , and died twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70 CE).He fathered a son, whom he called Simeon , after his father, and a daughter, whose daughter (in other words, Gamaliel's granddaughter) married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael.In Christian tradition, his second son Abibo (also Abibas, Abibus) converted to Christianity and is venerated as a saint.Gamaliel is a Hebrew name meaning reward of God .... In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is celebrated as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law . The Acts of the Apostles chapter 5 speaks of Gamaliel as a man of great respect who spoke in favor of the arrested apostles of Jesus in Acts 5:34 , and the Jewish law teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3 .Jewish Encyclopedia . 'Abodah Zarah 3:10 "Gamaliel" .
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Gamaliel depicted in a medieval miniature.Gamaliel the Elder ( / ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l i əl , - ˈ m ɑː -, ˌ ɡ æ m ə ˈ l iː əl / ; also spelled Gamliel ; "Rabban Gamliel HaZaqen"; ), 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 . Gamaliel is thought to have died in 52 CE (AM 3813).He fathered Simeon ben Gamliel , who was named for his father, and a daughter, who married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael.In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is recognized as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law .Acts of the Apostles, 5 (written c. 80–90 CE) speaks of Gamaliel as a man held in great esteem by all Jews and as the Jewish law teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3 . .Gamaliel encouraged his fellow Pharisees to show leniency to the apostles of Jesus in Acts 5:34 .
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First century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin This article is about Gamaliel the Elder. Gamaliel depicted in a medieval miniature. Gamaliel the Elder ( / ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l i əl , - ˈ m ɑː -, ˌ ɡ æ m ə ˈ l iː əl / ; also spelled Gamliel ; Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn ; 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 Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law . Acts of the Apostles, 5 speaks of Gamaliel as a man held in great esteem by all Jews and as the Jewish law teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3 . Gamaliel encouraged his fellow Pharisees to show leniency to the apostles of Jesus Christ in Acts 5:34 .
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First century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin This article is about Gamaliel the Elder. Gamaliel depicted in a medieval miniature. Gamaliel the Elder ( / ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l i əl , - ˈ m ɑː -, ˌ ɡ æ m ə ˈ l iː əl / ; also spelled Gamliel ; Hebrew : רַבַּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הַזָּקֵן Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn ; Koine Greek : Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος 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 the fifth chapter of Acts and the teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3 . Gamaliel encouraged his fellow Pharisees to show leniency to the apostles of Jesus in Acts 5:34 .
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