Primacy of the Jewish sage Hillel (Hillel I).
Humanistic–focused Jewish sage and scholar, Hillel is one of the most important figures in Jewish history.
Cites “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” (Leviticus 19:18) as centerpiece dogma (as will Jesus in the generation right after him). Hillel is integral to the development of the Talmud and an intellectual/religious counter–point to Shammai.
“School of Hillel” (Beit Hillel) generally prevails in Talmudic debates.
Both Hillel and Shamai are sages in Jerusalem, their tenures and schools overlapping with the birth nearby of the to–be central icon of Christianity. Hillel’s teachings, whose “time has come,” are accepted and codified. Hillel: “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow… That is the whole Torah: “all the rest is commentary.”