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Rabbi Akiva

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Jewish scholar and sage

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According to Wikipedia, Akiva ben Joseph , also known as Rabbi Akiva , was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second century. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in the Talmud as Rosh la-Hakhamim "Chief of the Sages". He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

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