biography
| name: |
Akiba ben Joseph
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also spelled Akiva
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pronunciation:
[akeeba ben johzef
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.50–135)
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| biography:
| Rabbi and teacher in Palestine. He founded a rabbinical school at Jaffa, and provided the basis for the Mishnah by his codification of the halakhoth (legal traditions). He was a supporter of the unsuccessful revolt of bar Kokhba against Hadrian (131–5), and was put to death by the Romans. |
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