Chanina bar Chama
R. Hanina bar Chama (also simply Hanina or Chananja ; also Hanina ben Chama or ben Hama etc.) was of priestly originating Gender Amoraim the first generation in Palestine and was one of the Tannaim of transition and lived and worked in the third, probably also in the second century AD. He probably earned his living as an experienced and practicing doctor in the art of healing.
He was probably a student of Yehuda ha-Nasi , who valued his success in teaching his students very highly, and immigrated to Palestine from Babylonia at a ripe old age. He had been nominated by Yehuda ha-Nasi at the hour of his death to succeed R. Efes as head of the school in Sepphoris , where he also died around the year 250. Despite the nomination by Yehuda ha-Nasi, Chanina had initially allowed the elder R. Efes to take precedence and was only appointed head of the school after his death.
Chanina had a simple, practical mind and was averse to exaggeration or superstition. At the same time, however, he is said to have loved the Pilpul , which one believes to be able to read from his statement "Should the Torah be forgotten, he would reproduce it again through lecture and deduction". He is also mentioned as an advocate of free will, illustrated by his well-known saying “Everything is in God's hands, except the fear of God”.
literature
- Zacharias Frankel : Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
- Bacher : The Agada of the Palestinian [sic] Amorae , 1892 ff.
- Isaak Halevy: Dorot Harischonim , 1901 ff.
- Ludwig A. Rosenthal: Article CHANINA bar CHAMA , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Volume I.
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash . 8th edition. Beck, Munich 1992
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chanina bar Chama |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chanina; Chananja; Chanina ben Chama; Chanina ben Hama |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scribe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century or 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | at 250 |
| Place of death | Sepphoris |