Rabbi
Scholar
Scholar noun - A person of deep wisdom or learning.
Usage example: scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
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Rip Van Winkle: The oldest examples are found in The Talmud in the story of the ancient Rabbi and scholar Honi ha-M'agel, and in Diogenes Laertius' biography of the Greek sage Epimenides.
Source: Older Than Feudalism -
The Talmud contains the story of the ancient Rabbi and scholar Honi ha-M'agel, who slept for 70 years, and awakened to find his teachings misinterpreted and all of his friends dead.
Source: Rip Van Winkle -
A woman the protagonists meet is the granddaughter of Rabbi Loew, and she claims her grandfather, the great Talmudic scholar, would be turning in his grave if he knew that the legend of the Golem was his great legacy.
Source: Golem
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