# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johanan-ben-zakai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:45:54.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johanan-ben-zakai"
name: "Johanan ben Zakai"
slug: "johanan-ben-zakai"
description: "Yohanan ben Zakkai, sometimes abbreviated as ריב״ז‎ ribaz for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was a tanna, an important Jewish sage during the late Second Temple period during the transformative post-destruction era. He was a primary contributor to the core text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Mishnah. His name is often preceded by the honorific title Rabban. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Jewish figures of his time, and his escape from the Roman destruction of Jerusalem may have been instrumental in Rabbinic Judaism's survival post-Temple. His tomb is located in Tiberias within the Maimonides burial compound."
tagline: "1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knesset_Menorah_Jochanan_ben_Sakkai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-50"
deathDate: "70"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           19.02968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump