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Judah ha-Nasi (sh)




born AD 135
died งใ 220

Palestinian Jewish scholar.

A descendant of the great sage Hillel, he was patriarch of the Jewish community in Palestine and head of its Sanhedrin, and he became an important figure in early rabbinic Judaism. He spent over 50 years studying the oral law and is said to have compiled it into six sections divided by subject matter, thus creating the Mishna. His exact role in the Mishna's redaction is not known; other scholars such as Me?r and Akiba ben Joseph were probably also involved.