''Judah IV'' (or Nesi'ah III) held the office of ''

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'' of the ancient

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ish

Sanhedrin The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Aramaic: סַנְהֶדְרִין; Greek: , ''synedrion'', 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was an assembly of either 23 or 71 elders (known as "rabbis" after the destruction of the Second Temple), ap ...

between 385 and 400 CE, following

Gamaliel V Gamaliel V held the office of ''Nasi'' of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 365 and 385 CE. He was the son and successor of the Jewish patriarch Hillel II. He was notable for involving himself with perfecting the Jewish calendar in 359. He is ap ...

. He was the son of Gamaliel V, and grandson of

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. He was succeeded by

Gamaliel VI Gamaliel VI (c. 370–425) was the last '' nasi'' of the ancient Sanhedrin. Gamaliel came into office around the year 400. On October 20, 415, an edict issued by the Emperors Honorius and Theodosius II stripped Gamaliel of his rank of honorary ...

, the last occupant of the office. Beyond his name and the fact that he officiated during the last two decades of the fourth century, nothing is known of him. He is probably identical with the "Judah Nesi'ah" who addressed a question on

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3:7 to the aggadist Pinchas bar Hama.

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5; Bacher, "Ag. Pal. Amor." iii. 312

References

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