Simeon ben Gamliel

Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( or רשב"ג הראשון, c. 10 BCE - 70 CE ) was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He succeeded his father Gamliel I as the nasi of the Sanhedrin after his father's death in 50 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple . According to Josephus Flavius he was killed by the Zealots during the civil war that accompanied the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 AD. He was a direct descendant of King David and the great-grandson of Hillel the Elder . His tomb, located in Kafr Kanna near the Golani Interchange in the lower Galilee of northern Israel , has remained an important site for Jewish pilgrims for almost 2,000 years. v t e

Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( or רשב"ג הראשון, c. 10 BCE – 70 CE ) was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He served as President of the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem during the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt , succeeding his father in the same office after his father's death in 52 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple . The great-grandson of Hillel the Elder , he was considered to be a direct descendant of King David . He was a contemporary of the high priests Ḥanan ben Ḥanan and Yehoshua ben Gamla . He is one of the Ten Martyrs mentioned in Jewish liturgy. According to the chronological tables brought down by Rabbi Sherira Gaon , he was beheaded, along with Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha the high priest, prior to the Temple's destruction, although the historian Josephus Flavius mentions only the execution of "Ishmael" in Cyrene during the First Jewish–Roman War (ca. 66-68 CE). The account is mentioned in, both, Tractate Semachot ch 8, and in Avot de-Rabbi Nathan (38:3), where Simeon ben Gamliel is given the title of nasi , along with the dignitary title of "Rabban" ("our Master"). Before his death, he and his fellow jurists opposed the appointment of Josephus as military governor of the Galilee and sought to remove him from that post, but to no avail. No contemporary Greek or Roman historian has left posterity with an account of his beheading by the Romans at Cyrene, but Josephus may have alluded to the cause by writing in his Vita that Simeon, during the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt , gave his verbal support to the warring faction in Galilee under John of Gischala . His tomb is traditionally located in Kafr Kanna , in the lower Galilee of northern Israel . (Hebrew) "תלמוד ירושלמי - מסכת כלאיים, פרק ט" . (Ben Gamaliel I.) , Jewish Encyclopedia [1] . N.b.: the Jewish Encyclopedia speaks of "his grandfather Hillel", in a generic sense, but the genealogical sequence was Hillel the Elder > Simeon ben Hillel > Gamaliel the Elder > Simeon ben Gamliel. The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon , ed. These are the nasi'im of Israel: Hillel the Elder, Shimon his son, Gamliel his son, Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel who was killed with R. These [lived] during the Second Temple period. : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) Josephus, The Jewish War ( 6.2.2 .). Emil Schürer ( q.v. ) and H. Thackeray thought this high priest to be Ishmael ben Phiabi II.

1st century CE rabbi and nasi For his grandson, see Simeon ben Gamaliel II . Simeon ben Gamliel says: All my life I grew up among the sages and have found nothing better for anybody than silence. by Ben-Zion . Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( or רשב"ג הראשון; c. 10 BC – 70 AD) was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He served as nasi of the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem during the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War , succeeding his father in the same office after his father's death in 50 AD and just before the destruction of the Second Temple . The great-grandson of Hillel the Elder , he was considered to be a direct descendant of King David . He was a contemporary of the high priests Ḥanan ben Ḥanan and Yehoshua ben Gamla . He is one of the Ten Martyrs mentioned in Jewish liturgy. According to the Iggeret of Rabbi Sherira Gaon he was beheaded, along with Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha the High Priest , prior to the Temple's destruction, although the historian Josephus Flavius mentions only the execution of Ishmael in Cyrene during the First Jewish–Roman War (ca. 66–68 CE). The account is mentioned in both Tractate Semachot ch 8, and in Avot de-Rabbi Nathan (38:3), where he is given the title of nasi , along with the dignitary title of "Rabban" ("our Master"). No contemporary Greek or Roman historian has left an account of his beheading by the Romans at Cyrene, but Josephus may have alluded to the cause by writing in his Vita that Simeon, during the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt, gave his verbal support to the warring faction in Galilee under John of Gischala . Before his death, he and his fellow jurists opposed the appointment of Josephus as military governor of the Galilee and sought to remove him from that post, but to no avail. His tomb is traditionally located in Kafr Kanna , in the lower Galilee of northern Israel . (Hebrew) "תלמוד ירושלמי - מסכת כלאיים, פרק ט" . (Ben Gamaliel I.) , Jewish Encyclopedia [1] . N.b.: the Jewish Encyclopedia speaks of "his grandfather Hillel", in a generic sense, but the genealogical sequence was Hillel the Elder > Simeon ben Hillel > Gamaliel the Elder > Simeon ben Gamliel. The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon . These are the nasi'im of Israel: Hillel the Elder, Shimon his son, Gamliel his son, Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel who was killed with R. These [lived] during the Second Temple period. : CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link ) Josephus, The Jewish War ( 6.2.2 .). Emil Schürer ( q.v. ) and H. Thackeray thought this high priest to be Ishmael ben Phiabi II.

1st century CE rabbi and nasi For his grandson, see Simeon ben Gamaliel II . Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( Hebrew : שמעון בן גמליאל or רשב"ג הראשון; c. 10 BCE – 70 CE) was a Tanna (sage) and leader of the Jewish people. He served as nasi of the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem during the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War , succeeding his father in the same office after his father's death in 50 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple .