Shammai

[ shah-mahy ]

noun

1. flourished 1st century b.c., Hebrew rabbi: founder of Beth Shammai, school of hermeneutics.

Example Sentences

Swarthmore Hillel may need to take a new name (I suggest the obvious “Shammai”).

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But Shammai was not of a gloomy or misanthropical disposition; indeed, he encouraged friendliness in demeanor towards every one.

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Hillel and Shammai did not live to see the catastrophe which made Juda a province of Rome.

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The school of Shammai had a large number of adherents in the Synhedrion, as well as among the people.

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He was disinherited by his father in favor of Shammai, probably from displeasure at his having joined the school of Hillel.

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He was well versed in the Law, and belonged to the strict school of Shammai, which generally agreed with the Zealots.

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