Meet the Sages/Biblical

Biblical Era (Sinai to Second Temple)

From Moshe Rabbenu at Sinai through the patriarchs, the prophets, and the Maccabees — the figures who carried the Torah from its giving to the close of prophecy.

34 teachers in this era.

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Teachers

Hebron (biblical) · 1813 BCE–1638 BCE

Hebron (biblical) · 1803 BCE–1676 BCE

Be'er Sheva (biblical) · 1713 BCE–1533 BCE

Hebron (biblical) · 1700 BCE–1563 BCE

Hebron (biblical) · 1653 BCE–1506 BCE

Hebron (biblical) · 1605 BCE–1546 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1600 BCE–1553 BCE

Yosef HaTzaddik

Mount Sinai (Wilderness) · 1562 BCE–1452 BCE

Miriam HaNeviah

Mount Sinai (Wilderness) · 1399 BCE–1276 BCE

Mount Sinai (Wilderness) · 1396 BCE–1273 BCE

Mount Sinai (Wilderness) · 1393 BCE–1273 BCE

Yehoshua bin Nun

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1355 BCE–1245 BCE

The Seventy Elders

Mount Sinai (Wilderness) · 1310 BCE–1240 BCE

Pinchas HaKohen

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1280 BCE–1180 BCE

Devorah HaNeviah

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1200 BCE–1124 BCE

Shimshon HaGibor

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1110 BCE–1070 BCE

Shilo (Tabernacle era) · 1108 BCE–1028 BCE

Ramah · 1075 BCE–1007 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1040 BCE–970 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 1010 BCE–930 BCE

Shlomo HaMelech

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 990 BCE–931 BCE

Northern Kingdom (Samaria) · 900 BCE–800 BCE

Northern Kingdom (Samaria) · 880 BCE–795 BCE

Yeshayahu HaNavi

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 765 BCE–680 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 750 BCE–420 BCE

Yirmiyahu HaNavi

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 650 BCE–570 BCE

Yechezkel HaNavi

Babylonia (exile era) · 622 BCE–570 BCE

Babylonia (exile era) · 620 BCE–538 BCE

Mordechai HaTzaddik

Babylonia (exile era) · 500 BCE–420 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 480 BCE–440 BCE

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 480 BCE–413 BCE

Anshei Knesset HaGedolah

Eretz Yisrael (travels) · 410 BCE–310 BCE

Matityahu HaChashmonai

Modi'in · 190 BCE–165 BCE

Yehuda HaMakabi

Modi'in · 190 BCE–160 BCE

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