Religious Figures
17 entries in the Historical Figures compendium.
Abraham ibn EzraMedieval Jewish commentator whose work influenced Spinoza's biblical criticism.Rav AshiFirst editor of the Babylonian Talmud and reestablisher of Sura Academy.Abraham Joshua HeschelPolish-born American rabbi, theologian, and civil rights leader.Samson Raphael HirschGerman Orthodox rabbi who founded Torah im Derech Eretz.Judah ha-NasiChief redactor of the Mishnah and leader of post-revolt Judea.Mordecai KaplanAmerican rabbi who founded Reconstructionist Judaism.Joseph KaroAuthor of the definitive Jewish law code, the Shulhan Arukh.NachmanidesMedieval Jewish scholar, rabbi, and kabbalist from Girona.RashiFrench rabbi and commentator of Talmud and Hebrew Bible.Zalman Schachter-ShalomiAmerican rabbi and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement.Menachem Mendel SchneersonOrthodox rabbi who led Chabad-Lubavitch to global influence.Anthony the GreatEgyptian monk considered the Father of All Monks.ColumbaIrish abbot and missionary who founded Iona Abbey.Cyril of JerusalemBishop of Jerusalem and author of catechetical lectures.Ephrem the SyrianSyriac Christian theologian, hymnographer, and Doctor of the Church.Ignatius of AntiochEarly Christian bishop and writer martyred in Rome.Isidore of SevilleLast scholar of the ancient world and compiler of the Etymologiae.
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