Difference between revisions of "Yohanan ben Zakkai"
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*''' | *'''Yohanan ben Zakkai''' / [[Ra'anan Boustan]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 1355-1356 | ||
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- ANCIENT SOURCES: see Yochanan ben Zakai (sources)
- SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see Category:Yochanan ben Zakai (subject)
Yochanan ben Zakai was, according to Rabbinic tradition, a sage living at the time of the Jewish War.
Overview
According to Rabbinic tradition, Yochanan ben Zakai was a disciple of Hillel and one of the leaders of the Pharisees before the Jewish War. When Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans, he escaped hidden in a coffin, predicted the throne to Vespasian, and obtained in exchange the possibility to found an academy at Jamnia. There the foundations of Rabbinic Judaism were laid off in the years following the destruction of the Temple.
Yochanan ben Zakai in ancient sources
Yochanan ben Zakai in Scholarship
Yochanan ben Zakai in Fiction
Related categories
References
- Yohanan ben Zakkai / Ra'anan Boustan / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 1355-1356