SHIMʿON BEN GAMLIʾEL II (second century CE) was a Palestinian tanna. He held the hereditary office of nasiʾ, or president, of the Sanhedrin. It is said that he studied Greek and that he supported a policy of peace with Rome....

[1] Jewish legislative and administrative agency in Temple times, in charge of internal affairs of the Jewish community; based in the Jerusalem Temple. [2] Mishnah tractate devoted to the organization of the government and court system and the...

The supreme religious and political body of the Jews in the period of the Second *Temple and later. It was referred to as the ‘court of seventy-one’ and *talmudic sources describe it as a permanent assembly of *sages. Different sources give...

Body convened by Napoleon I. The Great Sanhedrin met in 1807 to confirm the decisions of Napoleon’s newly formed Assembly of Jewish...

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Immerse yourself in Jewish history in a new and innovative way -- following the path from one headquarters to another of the Sanhedrin, Judaism's supreme ancient legal body. You'll discover how Judaism reinvented itself, and laid the foundations for the future. Our story...

Weiss, Steven I. Forward 06-10-2005 A nascent effort to re-establish the ancient rabbinical body of the Sanhedrin received a significant boost Monday when world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz agreed to serve as the body's president. The original Sanhedrin, the supreme legislative body...