The first century : Gamaliel of Yavneh -- The second century : Simon Bar Kokhba -- The third century : Abba Arikha -- The fourth century : Abbaye and Rava -- The fifth century : Rav Ashi -- The sixth century : Jose ben Jose -- The seventh century : Bustenai -- The eighth century : Anan ben David -- The ninth century : Eldad the Danite -- The tenth century : Hasdai ibn Shaprut -- The eleventh century : Gaon Hai -- The twelfth century : Maimonides -- The thirteenth century : Moses ben Nachman -- The fourteenth century : Moses de Leon -- The fifteenth century : Don Isaac Abravanel -- The sixteenth century : Don Joseph Nasi -- The seventeenth century : Sabbetai Zvi -- The eighteenth century : Israel Baál Shem Tov -- The nineteenth century : Samuel David Luzzatto -- The twentieth century : Theodor Herzl.