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4,000+ Years of Influence
Follow the chronological trajectory of Jewish civilization from biblical antiquity through the modern atomic and information ages.
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c. 14th–13th Century BCEBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Moses
משה רבנו
The lawgiver who transformed an enslaved rabble into a covenantal nation, establishing ethical monotheism and the moral architecture of Western law.
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Ezra
עֶזְרָא הַסּוֹפֵר
Figure in early Jewish history
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Joseph
יוֹסֵף הַצַּדִּיק
Given name
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Rebecca
רִבְקָה אִמֵּנוּ
Topics referred to by the same term
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Sarah
שָׂרָה אִמֵּנוּ
Biblical matriarch
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Saul
שָׁאוּל הַמֶּלֶךְ
Biblical figure and Israelite monarch
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Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵל הַנָּבִיא
Biblical prophet and seer
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן
Central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Aaron
אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן
Prophet in the Abrahamic faiths
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Caleb
כָּלֵב בֶּן יְפֻנֶּה
Biblical character
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Deborah
דְּבוֹרָה הַנְּבִיאָה
Prophetess in the Bible
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Gideon
גִּדְעוֹן (יְרֻבַּעַל)
Character in the biblical Book of Judges
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Jacob
יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ (יִשְׂרָאֵל)
Biblical patriarch, son of Isaac
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Isaiah
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן אָמוֹץ
Israelite prophet
HistoricalSecond Temple PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Nehemiah
נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן חֲכַלְיָה
Central figure of the biblical Book of Nehemiah
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Abraham
אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ
Namesake of the Abrahamic religions
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Rachel
רָחֵל אִמֵּנוּ
Hebrew Bible matriarch
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Miriam
מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה
Sister of Moses and Aaron
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Leah
לֵאָה אִמֵּנוּ
Biblical matriarch
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Isaac
יִצְחָק אָבִינוּ
Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah
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Daniel
דָּנִיֵּאל (בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר)
Topics referred to by the same term
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Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹה הַמֶּלֶךְ
Biblical monarch of ancient Israel
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David
דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל
Biblical figure and Israelite monarch
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Ezekiel
יְחֶזְקֵאל בֶּן בּוּזִי
Prophet in the Abrahamic religions
HistoricalBiblical and Ancient Israelite PeriodBiblical & Second Temple Figures
Jeremiah
יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא
Biblical prophet
139Mishnaic and Talmudic PeriodRabbinic & Medieval Sages
Rabbi Meir
2nd century Jewish rabbi
175Mishnaic and Talmudic PeriodRabbinic & Medieval Sages
Abba Arikha
Jewish Babylonian scholar (175–247)
352Mishnaic and Talmudic PeriodRabbinic & Medieval Sages
Rav Ashi
Babylonian rabbi
892Geonic PeriodRabbinic & Medieval Sages
Saadia Gaon
10th-century rabbi
1013Geonic PeriodRabbinic & Medieval Sages
Isaac Alfasi
Maghrebi Talmudist and posek, commonly referred to as "the Rif" (1013–1103)
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