Page "History of Israel" Paragraph 35

After suppressing the Bar Kochba revolt, the Romans permitted a hereditary Rabbinical Patriarch ( from the House of Hillel ) to represent the Jews in dealings with the Romans.

The most famous of these was Judah haNasi.

Jewish seminaries continued to produce scholars and the best of these became members of the Sanhedrin.

The Mishnah, a major Jewish religious text, was completed in this period.