Rabbi Akiva

Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Akiva
	16th-century illustration
Title	Tanna
Personal life
Born	c. 50 CE; Lod, Judaea, Roman Empire
Died	28 September 135; Caesarea, Judaea, Roman Empire
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Buried	Tiberias, Galilee

Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE),^[1] 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").^[2] He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt. He has also been described as a philosopher. ^[3]

^ Midrash Genesis Rabbah 53; Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:10.
^ Tosafot BT Kesubot 105a 'Kashya'
^ Levin, Meyer (1971). Beginnings in Jewish Philosophy. Behrman house. p. 49. ISBN 0-87441-063-0.

[1] Midrash Genesis Rabbah 53; Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah 1:10.

[2] Tosafot BT Kesubot 105a 'Kashya'

[3] Levin, Meyer (1971). Beginnings in Jewish Philosophy. Behrman house. p. 49. ISBN 0-87441-063-0.

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