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Shammai

50 BC - 30

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Shammai (c. 50 BCE – c. 30 CE, Hebrew: שַׁמַּאי, Šammaʾy) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shammai has received more than 219,421 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Shammai is the 1,239th most popular writer (down from 1,199th in 2019).

Shammai was a Jewish scholar who lived in the first century CE. He is most famous for his debate with Hillel over the interpretation of a passage in the Bible.

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Among writers, Shammai ranks 1,239 out of 7,302. Before him are José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Blaise Cendrars, Bhartṛhari, Boris Pahor, Radoje Domanović, and Andrei Platonov. After him are Vittorio Alfieri, Yosa Buson, Salawat Yulayev, John Dryden, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and Al-Khansa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50 BC, Shammai ranks 6. Before him are Propertius, Tibullus, Nicodemus, Wang Zhaojun, and Marcus Manilius. After him are Philip II Philoromaeus, Valerius Gratus, Tiridates III of Parthia, Namhae of Silla, Liu Xin, and Marcus Licinius Crassus. Among people deceased in 30, Shammai ranks 3. Before him are Judas Iscariot, and Penitent thief.

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