In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “key leader of the jewish community of judea under the roman empire”. Today it says “second-century rabbi”.
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Judah haNasi , or more accurately in Hebrew , Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi , was a key leader of the Jewish community of Judea under the Roman empire , toward the end of the 2nd century CE.1He was reputedly from the Davidic line of the royal line from King David , hence his title "Prince" ( Nasi , also a " President " in modern terminology.) His name is usually translated into English as Judah the Prince . He is also referred to as Rabbeinu HaKadosh (Our holy rabbi ), and as Rebbi ([My] rabbi or teacher), He is best known in Judaism as the chief "editor" or "redactor" of the Mishnah , the first part of the written compendium of Jewish religious law known as the Oral Law or Torah SheBe'al Peh upon which the Talmud is based and from which classical Jewish law Halakha is derived.2
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Roman province of Judea .Rabbi Yehuda haNasi , (or Judah I ; , pronounced Yehuda haNasi , lit."Judah the Prince" ), also known as Rebbi and Rabbeinu HaKadosh ( , "Our Holy Rabbi"), was a key leader of the Jewish community of Judea toward the end of the 2nd century CE, during the occupation by the Roman Empire .He is best known as the chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah .He was of the Davidic line , the royal line of King David , hence the title nasi , meaning prince .The title nasi was also used for presidents of the Sanhedrin .(In modern Hebrew, it usually means "President").Rabbi Judah haNasi died on 15 Kislev in 188CE or 219CE.Talmud Yerushalmi , quoted in Tosafos, Sanhedrin 5a.
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Traditional burial place of Judah the Prince at Beit She'arim National Park , Israel .Judah the Prince ( , Yehudah HaNasi ) or Judah I , also known as Rabbi or Rabbenu HaQadosh ( , "our Master, the holy one"), was a 2nd-century CE rabbi and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah .He was a key leader of the Jewish community during the Roman occupation of Judea . According to the Talmud he was of the Davidic line , the royal line of King David , hence the title nasi , meaning prince . The title nasi was also used for presidents of the Sanhedrin . Judah died on 15 Kislev around 217 CE.Talmud Yerushalmi , quoted in Tosafot, Sanhedrin 5a.
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2nd century rabbi, editor of Mishnah "Rebbi" redirects here.Catacomb no. 14, The Cave of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi.Beit Shearim Judah ha-Nasi ( , Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince ) or Judah I , was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah .He lived from approximately 135 to 217 CE. He was a key leader of the Jewish community during the Roman occupation of Judea .
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2nd-century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah "Rebbi" redirects here.Judah ha-Nasi ( , Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ ; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince ) or Judah I , known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi , was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah . He lived from approximately 135 to 217 CE. He was a key leader of the Jewish community in Roman-occupied Judea after the Bar Kokhba revolt .
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2nd-century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah "Rebbi" redirects here. Judah ha-Nasi ( Hebrew : יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא , Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ ; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince or Judah the President ) or Judah I , known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi , was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah . He lived from approximately 135 to 217 CE. He was a key leader of the Jewish community in Roman-occupied Judea after the Bar Kokhba revolt .
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key leader of the jewish community of judea under the roman empire
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second-century rabbi
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