Home›Open Questions›Where was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II born?Open QuestionsWhere was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II born?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Where was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II born?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-was-rabban-shimon-ben-gamliel-ii-born.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Where was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II born?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-was-rabban-shimon-ben-gamliel-ii-bornCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-where-was-rabban-shimon-ben-gamliel-ii-b, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Where was Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II born?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-was-rabban-shimon-ben-gamliel-ii-born}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionRabbinic sources remember Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II as a youth who escaped the massacre at Betar in 135 CE and later as Nasi at Usha, but no source names where he was born.What would resolve this A datable document naming his birthplace, independent of the Betar and Usha narratives that establish only his later life.OpenRabbinics, history of the Mishnaic periodMichael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd editionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnRabban Shimon ben Gamliel II, Historical Figures Well-attested Source The Mishnah: A New TranslationJacob Neusner, trans.tier 1SourcesEncyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd editiontier 1Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007View the SourceThe Mishnah: A New Translationtier 1Jacob Neusner, trans., Yale University Press, 1988Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year