Gamaliel (disambiguation)
Gamaliel, also spelled Gamliel and Gamiliel, is the Greek form of the Hebrew name meaning "God is my reward/recompense" indicating the loss of one or more earlier children in the family. A number of influential individuals have had the name:
Hebrew Bible
- The Hebrew Bible refers to Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, the leader of the tribe of Manasseh during the census of the Israelites in the Sinai desert (Book of Numbers 1:10;2:20;7:54,59;10:23).
Rabbinical authorities
- Gamaliel, also called Gamaliel I or Gamaliel the Elder, a first-century authority on Jewish law
- Gamliel II, also known as Gamliel of Jabneh
- Gamliel III, son of Judah haNasi the redactor of the Mishna, and his successor as Nasi (patriarch)
- Gamliel IV, grandson of Gamliel III, patriarch in the latter half of the 3rd century
- Gamliel V, son and successor of the patriarch Hillel II
- Gamliel VI, grandson of Gamliel V, the last of the patriarchs, died in 425
- Shimon ben Gamliel, the son of Gamaliel I, the Elder
- Shimon ben Gamliel II, the grandson of Shimon ben Gamliel
Gamaliel in Kabbalah
- Gamaliel (Qliphah) is the Qliphah associated with the Sephirah Yesod on the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
Gamaliel as a forename
- Gamaliel Bailey (1807-1859), a U.S. journalist
- Gamaliel Bradford (1768-1824), an American privateer; at least the second of that name
- Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932), an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist; the sixth of seven men called Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken succession
- Gamaliel King, an American architect
- Gamaliel Painter, an American politician
- Gamaliel Ratsey, English highwayman
Gamliel as a surname
- Aryeh Gamliel (born 1951), Israeli politician
- Gila Gamliel (born 1974), Israeli politician
Gamaliel as a middle name
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (born 1865), 29th President of the United States
- Warren Bennis (born 1925), American scholar and pioneer of Leadership studies
Institutions
- Gamaliel Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit providing training and consultation to affiliated congregation-based community organizations
Places
- Gamaliel, Kentucky, United States
- Gamaliel, Arkansas, United States
Phrase
- "Gamalielese", a term coined by H. L. Mencken to mock President Harding's speaking style
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