Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.7: What is the Great Assembly (Anshe Knessest HaGedolah)? Next Document: Question 3.9: What is the Mishna? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: After the relative calmness of the period of Persian rule, the Greek occupied Eretz Yisrael. For over a century the land was the battlefield for warring armies of the Ptolemies and Seleucids. As a result, the Jewish homeland was politically, economically, and spiritually torn apart. During these times, Jewish leadership was in the hands of the Zugot. The term 'Zugot' refers to the two heads of the Sanhedrin (Great Assembly). The Sanhedrin was the successor to the Great Assembly, and it functioned as the legislative body of the Jewish people. At the head of the Sanhedrin was the Nasi (President) and second to him was the Av Bet Din (Father of the Assembly). For a period of about two hundred years, these Zugot were the spiritual guides of Jewish life and the transmitters of the Oral Law. These Zugot were: * Yose ben Yoezer of Sereda, Yose ben Yohanan * Yehoshua ben Perahyah, Mattai (or Nittai) or Arbel * Yehudah ben Tabbai, Simeon ben Shetah * Shemayah, Abtalion * Hillel the Elder, Shammai User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.7: What is the Great Assembly (Anshe Knessest HaGedolah)? Next Document: Question 3.9: What is the Mishna? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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