Nicodemus ben Gurion

Nicodemus ben Gurion (Hebrew: נַקְדִּימוֹן בֶּן־גּוּרְיוֹן, romanized: Naqdīmōn ben-Gūriōn), also called Buni (Hebrew: בּוּנִי, romanized: Būnī) was a wealthy Jewish man who lived in Jerusalem in the 1st century AD. He is believed by some scholars to be the Nicodemus mentioned in the Gospel of John.[1] Elsewhere he is discussed in Josephus' history, The Jewish War,[2] and later, rabbinic works: Lamentations Rabbah,[3] Ecclesiastes Rabbah,[4] the Babylonian Talmud,[5][6] and Avot of Rabbi Natan.[7]

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  2. ^ Josephus. The Jewish War. 2.17.10., Perseus Project BJ2.17.10, . (cf. note, Steve Mason[permanent dead link‍])
  3. ^ Lamentations Rabbah i. 5;
  4. ^ Ecclesiastes Rabbah vii. 11
  5. ^ Ta'anit 19b pdf; Ktubot 65a-b, 66b, 67a; Gittin 56a (cf. Josephus, Jewish War, v. 1, § 4); Avodah Zarah 25a. All links to Isidore Epstein's translation of the Babylonian Talmud.
  6. ^ "Nakdimon ben Guryon". Encyclopedia Judaica. 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2015 – via Jewish Virtual Library.
  7. ^ vi. 3