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Shammai

50 BC - 30

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Shammai (c. 50 BCE – c. 30 CE, Hebrew: שַׁמַּאי, Šammaʾy) also known as Shammai the Elder (שַׁמַּאי הַזָּקֵן) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah. Shammai was the most eminent contemporary of the sage and scholar Hillel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shammai is the 1,559th most popular writer (down from 1,238th in 2019). (down from 608th in 2019)

Shammai was a Jewish scholar who lived in the first century CE. He is most famous for his debate with Hillel over the interpretation of a passage in the Bible.

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Among writers, Shammai ranks 1,559 out of 7,302. Before him are Chernorizets Hrabar, Heiner Müller, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Banine, and John Brunner. After him are Felice Romani, Joseph Karo, Forough Farrokhzad, Lina Heydrich, Al-Khansa, and Ödön von Horváth.

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Among people born in 50 BC, Shammai ranks 8. Before him are Nicodemus, Tibullus, Wang Zhaojun, Marcus Manilius, Philip II Philoromaeus, and Valerius Gratus. After him are Tiridates III of Parthia, Lucius Cassius Longinus, Namhae of Silla, Liu Xin, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Bogud. Among people deceased in 30, Shammai ranks 3. Before him are Judas Iscariot, and Penitent thief.

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