Rab Yehuda bar Jechezqel
Rab Jehuda bar Jechezqel (also Juda bar Ezechiel , Jehuda ben Ezechiel etc., in the Talmud R. Jehuda or R. Juda for short ) was an important Amorae of the 2nd generation (around 250–290 AD) in Babylonia. The meaning of his nickname Schinena is uncertain. The most common interpretation is astute , others are with large teeth and of iron perseverance .
He was a student of Abba Arikha , Rab Assi and Mar Samuel and most important teacher in (according to some sources, founder of the academy) Pumbedita and after the death of Rab Huna most important teacher in Babylonia. He mainly studied civil law with his students, including the prominent Talmud teachers R. Se'ira, R. Josef and Rabba bar Nachmani .
In Qiddushin 72a he is counted among those who saved the Torah study from being forgotten. He was particularly concerned with the Nesiqin order and, along with his opponent Rab Huna, is considered to be the main creator of the Talmudic dialectic. He holds the record of being mentioned most frequently by all rabbis in the Talmudim. Its importance lies in the verbatim rendering of the traditions of Abba Arikha and Mar Samuel.
His prayer practice was extraordinary: He is said to have only prayed the tefilla once a month.
He probably died (according to Iggeret Rav Scherira Gaon ) in 299.
literature
- Eisik Hirsch Weiss : dor dor… 1871 ff.
- David Hoffmann : Mar Samuel. Leipzig 1873.
- Wilhelm Bacher : The Agada of the Babylonian Amorae. 1878.
- Jechiel Heilprin : Seder ha-Dorot. Warsaw 1878 ff.
- Seew Wolf Jawitz: Toledot Yisrael. Berlin 1909.
- Ludwig A. Rosenthal: Juda bar Ezekiel. In: Jewish Lexicon. Volume III. Berlin 1927.
- Hermann Leberecht Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash. 7th edition. Munich 1982.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rab Yehuda bar Jechezqel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jehuda ben Ezekiel; Rab Yehuda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cupid |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |