biography
pronunciation:
[gamalyel]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.50)
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| biography:
| Palestinian rabbi, the teacher of St Paul, mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 22:3). A prominent Pharisee, he taught ‘the law’ early in the 1st-c. Tolerant and peaceful, he seems to have placed Christianity on a par with other sects, and encouraged long-suffering on all sides. |
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