the ledger of connections
The Connections of Yohanan ben Zakkai
1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage Every person recorded alongside Yohanan ben Zakkai in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Yohanan ben Zakkai in the ledgers of the archive.
- Teachers
- Hillel the Elder, Shammai
- Students
- Eliezer ben Hurcanus, Joshua ben Hananiah, Shimon ben Nethanel, Yose HaKohen, Eleazar ben Arach, Hanina ben Dosa
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 50 BCE to 70 CE.
Ancient era
Jesus of Nazareth
7 BCE – April 7, 1930 CE
Central figure of Christianity, revered by billions across two millennia
Ancient era
Mary, mother of Jesus
18 BCE – 48 CE
Mother of Jesus Christ
Ancient era
John the Baptist
6 BCE – 30 CE
1st-century Jewish itinerant preacher (Bible)
Ancient era
Paul the Apostle
5 CE – 66 CE
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
Ancient era
Peter the Apostle
1 BCE – 65 CE
Apostle of Jesus Christ
Ancient era
Cicero
106 BCE – 43 BCE
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
Ancient era
Julius Caesar
100 BCE – 44 BCE
Roman general and statesman whose rise ended the Republic
Ancient era
Pompey the Great
106 BCE – 48 BCE
Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)
Ancient era
Marcus Junius Brutus
85 BCE – 42 BCE
Assassin of Julius Caesar
Ancient era
Mark Antony
83 BCE – 30 BCE
Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)
Ancient era
Cleopatra
69 BCE – 30 BCE
Last pharaoh of Egypt, diplomat and strategist of the ancient world
Ancient era
Augustus
63 BCE – August 19, 1914 CE
First emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty