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Gamaliel
(redirected from Rabban Gamaliel the Elder)

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Gamaliel (gəmā`lēəl).

1 In the Bible, Manassite chief.

2 In the New Testament, president of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem; teacher of St. Paul. He was also known as Gamaliel I, or Gamaliel the Elder. Grandson and disciple of the famous scholar Hillel, he advocated leniency toward Christians.

3 Grandson of Gamaliel I; fl. A.D. 80. Also known as Gamaliel II, he helped consolidate Judaism after the Jewish war (A.D. 66–70).


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