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A•ki•ba ben Jo•seph
(ä kē′bä ben jō′zəf, -səf, ə kē′və),USA pronunciation
- Biographical, Judaisma.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based. Also called A•ki′ba.