Shmuel
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Shmuel the Hebrew equivalent of the name Samuel
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Samuel
Samuel is a leader of ancient Israel in the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. He is also known as a prophet and is mentioned in the Qur'an....
, may refer to:
- Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible prophet
- Books of SamuelBooks of SamuelThe Books of Samuel in the Jewish bible are part of the Former Prophets, , a theological history of the Israelites affirming and explaining the Torah under the guidance of the prophets.Samuel begins by telling how the prophet Samuel is chosen by...
, the book of the Tanach - Shmuel HakatanShmuel haKatanShmuel Hakatan was a Babylonian Jew considered a great scholar of the Talmud, Jewish law and custom. He was one of the second generation of Tannaim, who served under the patriarch Gamliel II of Yavneh, during the last two decades of the 1st century CE.He is known for his great work on the Hebrew...
, the Tanna (Mishnaic sage) - Samuel of NehardeaSamuel of NehardeaSamuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an Amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. He was a teacher of halakha, judge, physician, and astronomer. He was born about 165 at Nehardea, in Babylonia...
, the Amora (Talmudic sage)