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Raban Gamaliel VI

370 – 425

Rabbi and Prince of the Ancient Sanhedrin.

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Lived 370 – 425 (aged 54–55). Raban Gamaliel VI was a rabbi, nasi and physician.

Gamaliel VI (רבן גמליאל השישי; c. 370–425) was the last nasi of the ancient Sanhedrin.

Gamaliel came into office around the year 400. On October 20, 415, an edict issued by the Emperors Honorius and Theodosius II stripped Gamaliel of his rank of honorary prefect. This decree also banned him from building new synagogues, adjudicating disputes between Jews and Christians, converting non-Jews to Judaism, and owning Christian slaves.

Gamaliel probably died in 425, as the Codex Theodosianus mentions an edict from the year 426, which transformed the patriarch's tax into an imperial tax after the death of the patriarch. Theodosius did not allow the appointment of a successor and in 429 terminated the Jewish patriarchate.

Gamaliel appears to have been a physician. Marcellus Empiricus, a medical writer of the fifth century, mentioned that "for the spleen there is a special remedy which was recently demonstrated by the patriarch Gamaliel on the basis of approved experiments."

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Important facts

Born
370, Syria Palaestina
Birth century
Died
425, Palaestina Secunda
Also known as
Gamaliel VI

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Raban Gamaliel VI?

Rabbi and Prince of the Ancient Sanhedrin.

When was Raban Gamaliel VI born?

Raban Gamaliel VI was born in 370 in Syria Palaestina.

When did Raban Gamaliel VI die?

Raban Gamaliel VI died in 425 in Palaestina Secunda.

What was Raban Gamaliel VI's occupation?

Raban Gamaliel VI was a rabbi, nasi and physician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Raban Gamaliel VI

· Wikidata: Q742029

· DBpedia: Gamaliel VI

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