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Judah Ha-Nasi

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Judah Ha-Nasi (c. AD 135–c. 220)

Jewish scholar who with a number of colleagues edited the collection of writings known as the Mishnah, which formed the basis of the Talmud, in the 2nd century AD. He was a rabbi and president of the Sanhedrin (supreme religious court).



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Born in Babylonia, Rav had traveled to Palestine and had met Judah ha-Nasi.
Rabbi Akiba's Crowns: Postmodern Discourse and the Cost of Rabbinic ... by EDWARDS, LAURENCE L. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
It is now clear also why Judah Ha-Nasi, editor of the Mishnah, in tribute to Shmuel, simply recorded the verse he used to quote, a verse whose context and application did not require elucidation to the Jews of that era, however mystifying it proved to those of subsequent ages, and to their commentators.
Shmuel HaKatan and the political background to Avot 4:19 by Cohen, Jeffrey M. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
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