Gamaliel
first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
b. 1st century BC · d. 52
Gamaliel the Elder, or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century AD. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel and grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder. He fathered Simeon ben Gamliel, who was named for Gamaliel's father, and a daughter, who married a priest named Simon ben Nathanael.
Related people
- Simeon ben Gamliel parent of · traditional
- Abibon parent of · traditional
- Simeon ben Gamliel teacher of · traditional
- Paul the Apostle teacher of
- Paul the Apostle influenced · traditional
Events
Places
- Judaea death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — Gamaliel's counsel before the council