First Generation before and shortly after the Destruction of the Temple (c. 40 BCE – 80 CE): Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, Shimon ben Gamliel and Judah ben Baba Second Generation between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kokhba's revolt: Rabban Gamaliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, the teachers of Rabbi Akiva, as well as Gamaliel of Yavne and Eleazar ben Arach Third Generation around Bar Kochba's revolt: Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Tarfon, Ishmael ben Elisha, Eleazar ben Azariah, Jose the Galilean, Nathan the Babylonian and Elisha ben Abuyah (the "Other" or apostate) Fourth Generation after the revolt: Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne, Rabbi Meir, Shimon bar Yochai (who, according to traditional lore, wrote the Zohar), Jose ben Halafta, Yehuda ben Ilai and Rabbi Nehemiah Fifth Generation: the generation of Rabbi Judah haNasi, who compiled the Mishnah. Sixth Generation, an interim generation between the Mishnah and the Talmud: Rabbi Hiyya, Shimon ben Judah HaNasi and Yehoshua ben Levi.