Mishnaic Rabbis Family Tree

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Video Credits:

[Jack-]

I actually read that as “Classic Rabbits.” Help me.

[thetempest]

"Do good things and good things will happen to you"

Confused Job noises

[SamAronow]

Obligatory comment here. I don't have anything to say about this video except that the Pharisees introduced the concepts of the immortality of the soul and special providence, as opposed to the pre-existing concept of General Providence which is more like Karma in Hinduism and Buddhism and remains the more influential moral concept within Judaism; i.e. that the consequences of our moral actions are visited on the entire world, not merely oneself. Denying the immortality of the soul, however, is ultimately the hill that the Sadducees died on– other than, you know, no longer having a Temple and priestly elite to rally around.

[beverlyfranco]

I teach world religions in a senior community and we really love your videos. Thank you for speaking so clearly and being so interesting!

[TheLacedaemonian]

Thank you so much for this one, as it is indeed useful. Now I can argue my father's opinions on where he gets the timelines wrong. He'll counter me somehow, so I'll probably need to buy him the timeline poster. I can already picture him drawing in some extra lines that he will imagine are missing.

[darrobinson]

Reading the Talmud I’ve needed this. I’ve looked everywhere for a chart this is great!!

[JamieHaDov]

The hassidic dynasties would be fascinating

[ZipplyZane]

I've actually heard the idea that the valuing of disagreement and looking at both sides was even present in the Torah, and is why the compilers didn't try to decide which version of events was correct. That even those who took the Torah as fact didn't, say, believe that there were three different times when a patriarch went to Egypt and claimed their wife was their sister. It was more "we're not sure when this happened or with which patriarch, so we'll list them all."

This was said to be how the compilers worked. They didn't want to cast judgement on what was "correct, " but to show the controversy.

[rebeccacuthbertson]

I'M SO SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS!! Thank you Matt and Sam!! I was hoping you'd come out with something like this so thank you thank you thank you!!

[sanexpreso]

Could you make the family tree of the Inca emperors? Today there are European monarchs descended from the Inca emperors, such as the royal house of the Netherlands.

[recreateification]

Any chance of a Hebrew version, I remember all these names from yeshiva but hearing the English versions felt off

[tehray]

6:50 In East Asia, precisely the same saying can be found in The Analects of Confucius, attributed to Duke Ling of Wei.

[nb]

A few notes on the video:

9:21 - Eliezer Ben Hyrcanus was Gamliel II’s brother-in-law
10:07 - Akiva was usually regarded as having five “main students”, with the fifth being Elazar ben Shammua.
10:23 - Joseph ben Halafta is referred to as Jose (Yosi).
11:42 - Some of the children of Akiva’s “main students” became notable rabbis in their own right, including Jose (son of Judah Bar Ilai), Eleazar (son of Simon Bar Yochai), and Ishmael (son of Jose ben Halafta).
13:10 - Although the Mishnah was huge, Judah HaNasi did not compile *all* of the rulings of the Tannaim. There were thousands of other rulings, sayings, debates, and opinions that had to be omitted from the Mishnah because there were simply too many of them. These are called Breita. Some of the Breitas were included in the Gemara.
13:39 - The Gemara is written in Aramaic, but uses Hebrew when quoting the Torah, Mishnah, or a Breita. This means that the Talmud can switch languages multiple timer per-page.
14:05 one of these later commentators was Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki). His commentary is deemed so important that it is written in a completely different font.

[roiification]

Great video! Small correction though: Nasi doesn't mean "prince", but "leader" and used today to literally refer to the president. You may have confused it with the word Nasich ending with Kaf.

[rg-ygzz]

Matt your crossovers are always an unexpected delight, thank you!!!

[Normal_user_coniven]

John the Baptis name is Yohannah ben Zachary (in Islam: Yahya bin Zakaryya). Which is so close to Yohan ben Zakkai. Also, he is a kind of teacher to Jesus Christ, which name is Yasu/ Yashu (in Islam: Eesa). While his grandmother name is Hinnah, which is close to Hananiah. And, the rabbai Joshu ben Hanniah is a student to Yohanan ben Zakkai. Which is kind of strange, escpially when they live at the the same time.

[lordofdent]

You should do the Fairbanks family tree and the line of inheritance of their old house. And or do the very long recorded family of Medecalf/Metcalf/Metcalfe.

[geraldmeehan]

Thank you for another video. Always interesting.

[Rudster]

It is said that while we now follow the opinions of the house of Hillel, in the times of Moshiach we will follow the opinions of the house of Shamai

[barryporter]

What about some tracing of a more "modern" rabbinical tree, that of the Ba'al Shem Tov. That would help many of today's genealogists dispel myths.