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Shmuel Safrai

Shmuel Safrai was a professor emeritus of Jewish history of the Mishnah and Talmud period at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The author of books and articles concerning history and intellectual history of this period, he was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish History in 2001. His interpretation of the Mishnah will be published posthumously.

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Akiva, Rabbi

Rabbi Akiva was an important interpreter and teacher of Jewish laws of the Tannaitic period (ca. first-third century C.E.). He was particularly groundbreaking in his teachings regarding women’s standing and sexual and marital relations, recognizing women as deserving of human dignity.