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Akiba ben Joseph

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[ah-kee-bah ben joh-zuhf, -suhf, uh-kee-vuh] / ɑˈki bɑ bɛn ˈdʒoʊ zəf, -səf, əˈki və /

noun

  1. a.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based.


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Akiba ben Joseph and Akiba ben Joseph in Legend; Myers, Story of the Jewish People, pp. 171-188; and Geiger, Judaism and its History, p.

From Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers by Gorfinkle, Joseph I.

To the older generation of Halachists succeeded a set of men headed by Akiba ben Joseph, who, ignoring practical issues, evolved laws from the Bible text or from traditions held to be divine.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

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