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Rabbi Akiva

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Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim ("Chief of the Sages"). He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rabbi Akiva is the 526th most popular religious figure (down from 487th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Israel (up from 67th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Rabbi Akiva is most famous for saying "let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rabbi Akiva ranks 526 out of 3,187. Before him are James, son of Alphaeus, Umm Salama, Angelo Sodano, Pope Leo VI, 13th Dalai Lama, and Simeon Stylites. After him are Adalbert of Prague, Pope John VI, Talhah, Suger, Anastasia of Sirmium, and Desmond Tutu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50, Rabbi Akiva ranks 8. Before him are Epictetus, Juvenal, Apollodorus of Damascus, Salome, Zacchaeus, and Simon bar Kokhba. After him are Simon Magus, Osroes I, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Phoebe, Junia, and Yajnavalkya. Among people deceased in 136, Rabbi Akiva ranks 1. After him are Vibia Sabina, and Eleutherius of Byzantium.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Rabbi Akiva ranks 63 out of 466. Before him are Ehud Olmert (1945), Ehud Barak (1942), Haggai (-550), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Abijah of Judah (-1000), and Jehoiakim (-634). After him are Berenice (28), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Manasseh of Judah (-800), Josiah (-648), and Edward Said (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Rabbi Akiva ranks 33. Before him are Nehemiah (-490), Simeon (null), Judas Maccabeus (-200), Barabbas (1), Haggai (-550), and James, son of Alphaeus (-10). After him are Annas (-22), Nicodemus (-50), Penitent thief (-18), Canaan (null), Pope Theodore I (600), and Pontius Pilate's wife (6).

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