Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent rabbi”. Today it says “a 7th-century yemenite jew from the arab tribe of "dhī raʿīn"”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
7th-century Muslim scholar Kaʿb al-Aḥbār ( Arabic : كعب الأحبار , full name Abū Isḥāq Kaʿb ibn Maniʿ al-Ḥimyarī ( Arabic : ابو اسحاق كعب بن مانع الحميري ) was a 7th-century Yemenite Jew from the Arab tribe of "Dhī Raʿīn" ( Arabic : ذي رعين ) who converted to Islam. He was considered to be the earliest authority on Israʼiliyyat and South Arabian lore. According to Islamic tradition, he accompanied Umar in his trip from Medina to Jerusalem , and afterwards, became a supporter of Uthman . He died in Hims around 652-56. The History of Al-Tabari .
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1293503614.
The opening as it stood in 2010
scholars-01 Ka‘b al-Aḥbār ( , full name Abū Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ibn Mati‘ al-Humyari al-Aḥbār ) was a prominent rabbi (turned Muslim ) from Yemen of the clan of Dhu Ra'in or Dhu al-Kila. He is counted among the Tabi‘in and narrated many Isra'iliyat .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 370179799.
The opening as it stood in 2015
Ka‘ab al-Aḥbār ( , full name Abū Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ibn Mati‘ al-Humyari al-Aḥbār ) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam. He is counted among the Tabi'in and narrated many Isra'iliyat . He was an influential figure in the reigns of the Khalifs Umar and Uthman.Associated with the development of the Sunni tradition, Ka'ab's influence is deprecated within the Shia tradition of Islam.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 664074779.
The opening as it stood in 2020 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Muslim scholar Ka’b al-Aḥbār ( , full name Abū Isḥāq Ka'b ibn Mani’ al-Himyari ) was a 7th-century Yemenite Jew from the Arab tribe of "Dhi Ra’in" ( ) who converted to Islam.He was considered to be the earliest authority on Isra'iliyyat and South Arabian lore.According to Islamic tradition, he accompanied Umar in his trip from Medina to Jerusalem, and afterwards, became a supporter of Uthman .He died in Hims around 652-6AD. العيني, محمود بن أحمد العينتابي/بدر الدين (1 January 2006). مغاني الأخيار في شرح أسامي رجال معاني الآثار 1-3 ج3 (in Arabic).Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية.The History of Al-Tabari: The Sasanids, the Lakhmids, and Yemen .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 954516157.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
7th-century Muslim scholar Kaʿb al-Aḥbār ( , full name Abū Isḥāq Kaʿb ibn Maniʿ al-Ḥimyarī ( ) was a 7th-century Yemenite Jew from the Arab tribe of "Dhī Raʿīn" ( ) who converted to Islam.He was considered to be the earliest authority on Israʼiliyyat and South Arabian lore. According to Islamic tradition, he accompanied Umar in his trip from Medina to Jerusalem, and afterwards, became a supporter of Uthman . He died in Hims around 652-6AD. العيني, محمود بن أحمد العينتابي/بدر الدين (1 January 2006). مغاني الأخيار في شرح أسامي رجال معاني الآثار 1-3 ج3 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. The History of Al-Tabari: The Sasanids, the Lakhmids, and Yemen .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1173089090.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent rabbi”. Today it says “a 7th-century yemenite jew from the arab tribe of "dhī raʿīn"”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
prominent rabbi
Now
a 7th-century yemenite jew from the arab tribe of "dhī raʿīn"
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.