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Judah ben Tabbai was a Jewish religious leader of the early 1st century BCE. He was a contemporary of Simeon ben Shetach . During the persecution of the Pharisees under Alexander Jannaeus (r. 103-76 BCE), Judah fled to Alexandria , returning after Jannaeus' death. Tabbai was accused by Simeon b. Shetach of wrongfully executing a witness for political purposes (namely, to send a message to the opposition Sadducee party). Tabbai then resolved to judge only according to Simeon b. Shetach, and spent the rest of his days weeping prostrate over the grave of his victim. According to the Karaite Jewish sage Moses b. Elias Bashyazi, Judah benTabbai was the founder of Karaite Judaism.1
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Judah ben Tabbai (son of good) was a Jewish tanna of the early first century BCE. He was a contemporary of Simeon ben Shetach . During the persecution of the Pharisees under Alexander Jannaeus (r. 103-76 bce) , Judah fled to Alexandria , returning after Jannaeus' death. Tabbai was accused by Simeon b. Shetach of wrongfully executing a witness for political purposes (namely, to send a message to the opposition Sadducee party). Tabbai then resolved to judge only according to Simeon b. Shetach, and spent the rest of his days weeping prostrate over the grave of his victim .
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Pharisee scholar, Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin Judah ben Tabbai ( Yehuda ben Tabbai ) was a Pharisee scholar, Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin ( av beit din ), one of "the Pairs" ( zugot ) of Jewish leaders who lived in first century BCE.Judah ben Tabbai was associated, by some medieval writers, with what later came to be known as Karaite Judaism .In Singer, Isidore ; et al.
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Pharisee scholar, Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin Judah ben Tabbai ( Yəhūdā ben Ṭabbaʾy ) was a Pharisee scholar, av beit din of the Sanhedrin , and one of "the Pairs" ( zugot ) of Jewish leaders who lived in the first century BCE. Judah ben Tabbai was associated by some medieval writers with what later came to be known as Karaite Judaism . In Singer, Isidore ; et al.
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Pharisee scholar, Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin Judah ben Tabbai ( Hebrew : יהודה בן טבאי Yehuda ben Tabbai ) was a Pharisee scholar, av beit din of the Sanhedrin , and one of "the Pairs" ( zugot ) of Jewish leaders who lived in the first century BCE. He lived approximately from 120 BCE to 50 BCE. In Singer, Isidore ; et al.
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