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    Rabbi Akiva

    Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.

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    Rabbi Akiva

    16th-century illustration

    TitleTanna
    Bornc. 50 CE

    Lod, Judaea, Roman Empire

    Died(0135-09-28)28 September 135

    Caesarea, Judaea, Roman Empire

    ReligionJudaism

    Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE),[1] also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second.

    Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim ("Chief of the Sages").[2] He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

    He has also been described as a philosopher. [3]

    Biography

    Early years

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