Nicodemus ben Gurion

Nicodemus ben Gurion (Hebrew: נַקְדִּימוֹן בֶּן־גּוּרְיוֹן, romanized: Naqdīmōn ben-Gūryōn), also called Buni (Hebrew: בּוּנִי, romanized: Būnī) was a wealthy Jewish man who lived in Jerusalem in the 1st century AD. He is believed by most scholars to be the Nicodemus mentioned in the Gospel of John.^[1] Elsewhere he is discussed in Josephus' history, The Jewish War,^[2] and later, rabbinic works: Lamentations Rabbah,^[3] Ecclesiastes Rabbah,^[4] the Babylonian Talmud,^[5]^[6] and Avot of Rabbi Natan.^[7]

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^ Josephus. The Jewish War. 2.17.10., Perseus Project BJ2.17.10, . (cf. note, Steve Mason^{[permanent dead link]})
^ Lamentations Rabbah i. 5;
^ Ecclesiastes Rabbah vii. 11
^ Ta'anit 19b pdf; Ktubot 65a-b, 66b, 67a; Gittin 56a (cf. Josephus, Jewish War, v. 1, § 4); Avodah Zarah 25a. All links to Isidore Epstein's translation of the Babylonian Talmud.
^ "Nakdimon ben Guryon". Encyclopedia Judaica. 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2015 – via Jewish Virtual Library.
^ vi. 3