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Gamaliel the Elder (/ ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l i əl,-ˈ m ɑː-, ˌ ɡ æ m ə ˈ l iː əl /; also spelled Gamliel; Hebrew: רַבַּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הַזָּקֵן Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn; Koinē Greek: Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority ...
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Gamaliel was an influential Pharisee and an expert of the law in the Jewish religion during the days of the Apostolic Church. He was also a key member of the highest Jewish council called the Sanhedrin.
Jan 4, 2022 · Gamaliel was a first-century Jewish rabbi and a leader in the Jewish Sanhedrin. Gamaliel is mentioned a couple of times in Scripture as a famous and well-respected teacher. Indirectly, Gamaliel had a profound effect on the early church.
God used Gamaliel to spare the apostles life, at least on one occasion, and he was a voice of moderation and tolerance, so Gamaliel may not have only been one of the wisest teachers of that age (he was a Rabbi), but he was one of the most revered and respected teachers in Judaism.
Apr 15, 2024 · We may not name our children after Gamaliel, or at least, not many of us would. But this figure inevitably helped to spread the Gospel and trained the man who would eventually become Paul. Gamaliel was a figure in the New Testament, renowned as a wise and respected Pharisee and leader within the Jewish Sanhedrin.
May 2, 2024 · Gamaliel I (flourished 1st century ad) was a tanna, one of a select group of Palestinian masters of the Jewish Oral Law, and a teacher twice mentioned in the New Testament.
Gamaliel was a highly respected teacher (Rabbi) of the Sanhedrin, the Supreme Jewish Council in Jerusalem. He was a Pharisee, a sect of Judaism known for its strict adherence to traditional customs. Gamaliel was renowned and respected for his extensive knowledge of Jewish laws and customs during the early days of Christianity.
A German monk of the twelfth century calls the Talmud a "commentary of Gamaliel's on the Old Testament," Gamaliel is, here plainly the representative of the old Jewish scribes (Bacher, "Die Jüdische Bibelexegese," in Winter and Wünsche, "Jüdische Literatur," ii. 294).
GAMALIEL gə mă’ lĭ əl, a proper name, Heb. גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל, of two persons named in the Bible. 1. A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who was chosen to aid in the wilderness census ( Num 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59; 10:23 ). 2. Also a famous Jewish sage mentioned twice in the Acts ( 5:34; 22:3 ).
Gamaliel was the son of Simeon, perhaps of Luke 2:25, and the grandson of the great Hillel, the representative of the best school of Pharisaism, the tolerant and largehearted rival of the narrow and fanatic Shammai.
