rabbin

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R. Juda, the prince of the rabbins, committed to writing all these traditions, and arranged them under six general heads, called orders or classes.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

As the Hagiographa were not read in public, with the exception of Esther, opinions of the Jewish rabbins might still differ about Canticles and Ecclesiastes, even after the synod of Jamnia.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

Where could Rawleigh obtain that familiar acquaintance with the rabbins, of whose language he was probably entirely ignorant?

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Here Moses seems to have fixed a cross for the grammarians and the rabbins; for they crucify this passage in various ways.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas

Addison says, "Some of the rabbins tell us that the cherubims are a set of angels who know most, and the seraphims a set of angels who love most."

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James