Now that we have Neusner's rabbinic volumes - where does one look, to identify the rabbi and his era (for example, I'm looking at the Mishnaic tradition in Pique Aboth 2:2 attributed to Rabban Gamaliel, son of R. Judah).
Wikipedia doesn't do badly on these. In this case, it is Gamaliel III that you want.
The article gives a link to a website of the Jewish Encyclopedia. You could join me and put in a bid for this in Logos community pricing: http://www.logos.com/product/8537/the-jewish-encyclopedia.
Thanks, Jonathan. I'd figured out that it was that Gamaliel, but wondered if there wasn't some sort of simple scorecard somewhere with names and dates. It makes a difference, since Gamaliel III was (supposedly) the one who said that every rabbi should learn a trade, and it's useful not supposing that it was Gamaliel I.
I bid on the Jewish Encyclopedia, BTW, thanks for the heads up. If I recall correctly, that one is more rabbinic, while Judaica is more generic, correct?
Check out the resource Swimming in the Sea of Talmud by Katz and Schwartz. It has a time-line showing some of this information, that you may find useful:
Thanks!
I picked this up, but was surprised by how incomplete was the list of rabbis. It doesn't include Gamaliel I, for example.
I think the one you circled is Gamaliel II (of Yavneh), not III (3rd CE).
Gary's original question still needs a real FL response - adding the Talmudic rabbis to the LCV and Factbook. There are multiple requests as we move through L4, L5, L6, L7, and L8 with a temporary "solution" through Freebase and afterwards no recognition of this serious omission in Logos/Verbum.
adding the Talmudic rabbis to the LCV and Factbook
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Agreed - that would be a very useful addition!
