Eleazar ben Jose ben Chalafta
R. Eleazar ben Jose ben Chalafta (also: Eleazar ben Jose ben Chalafta ) was a Jewish scholar of antiquity, is counted among the fourth generation of Tannaites and worked in the second century AD.
Even when his father was alive he was so important that he often quoted his sayings. Eleazar preached charity and philanthropy. With representatives of the Samaritans he argued violently about the belief in an immortal soul and about their holy mountain Garyzim . In particular, he accused them of the fact that their scriptures were the product of a forgery.
Eleazar is said to have traveled to Rome with Simeon ben Jochai and there saw the temple treasures plundered by Titus . The purpose of the mission was to attempt to review the existing Hadrian anti-Jewish laws. The trip was successful, the decrees were repealed.
literature
- Weiss : dor dor ... , 1871 ff.
- Bacher : The Agada of the Tannaites , 1884 ff.
- Aaron Hyman : Toledot ... , 1901 ff., Seder Tannaim I. sv
- Samuel Atlas: Article ELEASAR ben JOSE ben CHALAFTA , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Volume II, Berlin 1927
- Hermann L. Strack and Günter Stemberger : Introduction in Talmud and Midrash , 7th edition, Beck, Munich 1982
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eleazar ben Jose ben Chalafta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eleazar ben Jose ben Chalafta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 160 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |