SOME TANNAITIC RABBIS

FIRST GENERATION

Gamaliel (sometimes called “the Elder”; late 1st century bce)

Shimeon ben Gamaliel (1st century ce)

Yoḥanan ben Zakkai (1st century ce)

SECOND GENERATION

Elder

Gamaliel II (of Yavneh; son of R. Shimeon; born ca. 50 ce)

Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (pupil of R. Yoḥanan ben Zakkai; 1st-2nd century)

Yehoshua ben Ḥananiah (pupil of R. Yoḥanan ben Zakkai; 1st-2nd century)

Younger

Akiva ben Yosef (ca. 40–135)

Ishma’el (or Yishma’el) ben Elisha (early 2nd century)

Elishah ben Avuya (late 1st-early 2nd century)

THIRD GENERATION

Students of Akiva

Meir (2nd century)

Shimeon bar Yoḥai (2nd century)

Yose ben Ḥalafta (2nd century)

Yehudah bar Ilai (2nd century)

Shimeon ben Gamaliel II (2nd century)

FOURTH GENERATION

Judah ha-Nasi (“Rabbi”; ca. 135–220)

Eleazar bar Shimeon (2nd century; son of Shimeon bar Yoḥai)

FIFTH GENERATION

Gamaliel III (2nd century).