Eleazar ben Arach
Eleazar ben Arach (also: Eleazar ben Arakh ) was a Jewish scholar of antiquity, worked around the year 80 and belonged to the so-called second generation of the Tannaites .
In the sayings of the fathers , too , sayings of him are handed down (II., 9).
He was one of the most important students and at the same time a highly valued favorite student of Rabban Jochanan b. Zakkai , especially in mysticism (bab. Chagiga 14 b).
After his death he did not go to Jawne like the other students , but founded his own school in Emmaus . At this point, however, he remained very lonely, so that, according to the Talmudic report (Bab. Shabbat 147 b), he forgot everything, ultimately even reading himself.
literature
- Zacharias Frankel : Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
- Wilhelm Bacher : The Agada of the Tannaites , 1884 ff.
- Ludwig A. Rosenthal: Article Eleasar ben Arach , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927 (Volume II.)
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash . 8th edition, Munich 1992
- Solomon Schechter , Samuel Mendelsohn : Eleasar ben Arach. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eleazar ben Arach |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eleazar ben Arakh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |