Eleazar Chisma
R. Eleasar Chisma ( Eleazar Chisma , sometimes also called Eleazar ben Chisma ; meaning of "Chisma" unclear) was an ancient Jewish scholar plagued by oppressive poverty throughout his life, worked around the year 100 AD and belonged to the second, after others to the third generation of the Tannaites .
Eleazar is said to have been a pupil of Akiba and / or Yehoshua ben Chananja and had great knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. The Talmud praised the extensive mathematical knowledge of Eleazar and Rabbi Jochanan, son of Gudgada, with the saying: "You know how to calculate the number of drops in the sea."
He was probably (together with R. Jochanan ben Nuri ) the overseer in Gamaliels II's house of study.
The Halachot attributed to Eleazar deal mainly with agricultural and purity laws.
literature
- Zacharias Frankel : Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
- Bacher : The Agada of the Tannaites , 1884 ff.
- Ludwig A. Rosenthal: Article Eleasar Chisma , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927 (Volume II.)
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash . 8th edition, Munich 1992
- Solomon Schechter , Samuel Mendelsohn : Eleazar (Eliezer) B. Hisma. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eleazar Chisma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eleazar Chisma; Eleazar ben Chisma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |