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Volume I; The Creators of the Mishna
IntroductionThe Three Main Parties of the Talmudic Period; The Pharisees, The Sadducees, The EssenesThe SamaritansSimon the JustAntigonos of SochoJose ben Joeser and Jose ben JochananJochanan the High PriestJoshua ben Perachia and Nittai of ArbelaJudah ben Tabbai and Simeon ben ShetachShemaiah and AbtalionThe Men of BathyraChoni the Circle DrawerHillelShammai, Hillel's ColleagueAkabia ben MahalalelRabbi Gamliel the ElderRabban Simeon ben GamlielRabbi Chanina, Deputy of the High Priest, and His ContemporariesThe Time of the Destruction of the TempleRabban Jochanan ben ZakkaiThe Colleagues of R' Jochanan ben ZakkaiRabbi Chanina ben DosaRabban Gamliel II of JabnehRabbi Eliezer ben HyrcanusRabbi Joshua ben ChananiaRabbi Eliezer of ModiinOnkelos (Aquilas) the ProselyteRabbi Elazar ben AzariahRabbi Ishmael ben ElishaRabbi TarphonRabbi Jose of GalileeRabbi Akiba ben JosephThe Ten MartyrsSimeon ben Azai and Simeon ben ZomaElisha ben Avuya "Acher"Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel IIRabbi Nathan of BabyloniaRabbi MeirRabbi Jehudah bar ElaiRabbi Jose ben ChalaftaRabbi Simeon ben YochaiRabbi Elazar ben Shamua and Rabbi Jochanan the SandalmakerRabbi Nehemiah and Other Disciples of Rabbi AkibaRabbi Jehudah the NasiContemporaries of Rabbi Jehuda haNasiRabbi Chiya Rabah bar AbaRabbi Simeon ben ChalaftaLevi ben Sisi
Volume II; The Amoraim of Palestine and the Jerusalem Talmud
IntroductionLife in Palestine During the Creation of the Jerusalem TalmudRabbi Jehudah N'siah the First and His SuccessorsThe Hagadah and Its AuthorsRabbi Jochanan, the Compiler of the Jerusalem TalmudRabbi Simeon ben LakishJehudah and Ezekiah, the Sons of Rabbi ChiyaRabbi Jannai RabaRabbi Jonathan ben ElazarRabbi Oshaia RabaRabbi Chanina bar ChamaRabbi Joshua ben LeviRabbi Shmuel bar NachmaniRabbi Simlai bar AbaRabbi Elazar ben PedathRabbi Avahu of CaesariaRabbi Chiya bar Aba HacohenRabbi Ami and Rabbi AsiRabbi Yitschak the BlacksmithRabbi Aba Kahana and Rabbi Chanina bar PapaRabbi Zeira
Volume III; The Amoraim of Babylon and the Babylonian Talmud
IntroductionRav; Abba ArechaShmuel Yarchinaa of NehardeaMar Ukba the ExilarchRaba bar AvuhaRav Nachman bar JacobRav Huna, Head of the Academy in SuraRav Chisda the PriestRav Judah bar EzekielRabah bar NachmaniRav Joseph bar ChiyaRabah bar Rav HunaAbayei bar ChyaililRava bar Joseph bar ChamaRav Nachman bar IsaacRav PapaRav Huna the Son of Rav JoshuaRav Chama of NehardeaRav SheshetRav Ashi, the Compiler of the Babylonian TalmudTavyomi Mar Bar Rav AshiRavina, the Final Compiler of the Babylonian Talmud
About This Text
Author: Gershom Bader
Composed: New York, c.1926 – c.1934 CE
Biographies of many of the rabbis living in the Talmudic period, based primarily on Talmudic and midrashic sources.