# Rabbi Akiva

> A shepherd who learned to read at forty became the architect of Jewish law as it's still studied today — then died under Roman torture for backing a failed rebellion.

*Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rabbi-akiva

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 50
- **Died:** 0135-09-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Akiva ben Joseph was born around 50 CE and spent his early decades as an illiterate shepherd before beginning his education at forty. He rose to become a leading scholar and sage, a tanna whose contributions shaped the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha. Known in rabbinic texts as Rosh la-Hakhamim — "Chief of the Sages" — he built the interpretive framework that would anchor Jewish legal thought for centuries. His support for the Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome proved fatal: the Romans executed him on 28 September 135 CE. The method was designed to break him; the tradition holds it didn't.

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## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310821)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiva)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Rabbi%20Akiva)
- [عكيفا بن يوسف](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81)
- [عكيفا بن يوسف](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81)
- [Akiva ben Iosef](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Iosef)
- [Акива бен Йосеф](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84)
- [Akiva ben Iosef](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Iosef)
- [Akiva](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva)
- [Akiva](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva)
- [Rabbi Akiba](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiba)
- [Rabeno Akiva](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabeno_Akiva)
- [Akiva ben Iosef](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Iosef)
- [Akiva ben Iosef](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Iosef)
- [اکیبا بن یوسف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81)
- [Rabbi Akiba](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiba)
- [Rabbi Akiva](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiva)
- [Akiva ben Iosef](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Iosef)
- [רבי עקיבא](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%91%D7%90)
- [Akiva ben Jozef](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Jozef)
- [Raben Akiba](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raben_Akiba)
- [Akiba ben Jószéf](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba_ben_J%C3%B3sz%C3%A9f)
- [Rabi Akiba](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Akiba)
- [Rabbi Akiva](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiva)
- [アキバ・ベン・ヨセフ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akiva_ben_Josef)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akiba_ben_Joseph)
- [Wikiquote](https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%91%D7%90)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiva)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabi_Aquiva)

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