Simeon ben Gamliel

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Shimon ben Gamliel
)
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) (

destruction of the Second Temple
.

The great-grandson of

King David.[1][2] He was a contemporary of the high priests Ḥanan ben Ḥanan and Yehoshua ben Gamla
.

He is one of the

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.[6]

His tomb is traditionally located in Kafr Kanna, in the lower Galilee of northern Israel.[7]

References

  1. Judah the Prince
    , was a descendant of King David on his mother's side, via Shefatiah, David's son by his wife Avital, and Hillel [the Elder].
  2. Gamaliel the Elder
    > Simeon ben Gamliel.
  3. OCLC 923562173
    .
  4. OCLC 754744801. 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. Ismael ben Elisha. These [lived] during the Second Temple period.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  5. Ishmael ben Phiabi
    II.
  6. ^ Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus, (abbreviated Life or Vita), § 38
  7. ^ Tomb of Shimon ben Gamliel vandalized, Jerusalem Post, April 21, 2006 (accessed August 25, 2019).
Preceded by
Gamliel I
 Nasi
50–70 		Succeeded by
Johanan ben Zakkai


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