Judah ha-Nasi

American

[hah-nah-see] / hɑ nɑˈsi /

Or Judah Hanasi

noun

a.d. c135–c210, Jewish rabbi and scholar.

Judah ha-Nasi British

/ hɑːnɑːˈsiː /

noun

?135–?220 _ad , rabbi and patriarch of the Sanhedrin, who compiled the Mishnah

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Judah ha-Nasi

He was a daily attendant at the academy of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin

The sayings of Judah ha-Nasi, the redactor of the Mishnah, and of Rabbi Gamaliel, his son, were undoubtedly added after the time of Judah.

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

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