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====Paul's teacher====
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According to Acts, Paul as a Pharisee studied "at the feet of Gamaliel" (22:3).
According to Acts, Paul as a Pharisee was "educated at the feet of Gamaliel" (22:3).


====Tolerant attitude toward Christianity====
====Tolerant attitude toward Christianity====

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Gamaliel was a leader of the Pharisees at Jerusalem.

Gamaliel in ancient sources

Gamaliel is mentioned in both Rabbinic and Christian sources.

The teacher of the Law

The Mishnah introduces Gamaliel as one of the greatest teacher of Israel: "Since Rabban Gamaliel the Elder died, there has been no more reverence for the law, and purity and piety died out at the same time" [Mishnah Sotah 15:18].

Paul's teacher

According to Acts, Paul as a Pharisee was "educated at the feet of Gamaliel" (22:3).

Tolerant attitude toward Christianity

The Acts claims that when Peter and John were brought before the Sanhedrin, Gamaliel favored their release (Acts 5).

Later Christian and Rabbinic traditions

Gamaliel figures prominently in Rabbinic tradition, where he is recorded as a respected teacher.

Christian tradition, on the other hand, speculated on his conversion with Nicodemus, and made him a saint.

Gamaliel in Scholarship

Gamaliel in Fiction

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