Elle ezkera
Elle ezkera ( Ele ezkera; also: Asara Haruge Malchut ) is an aggadic midrash that emerged after 500 . It is named after Ps 42,5 EU : אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה I want to commemorate them and describe the execution of ten famous Tannaites :
- Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel II.
- High Priest Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen Gadol
- Rabbi Akiba
- Chanina ben Teradjon
- Yehuda ben Baba
- Yehuda ben Dama
- Chutspit
- Chananja ben Chakinai
- Jeschebab
- Eleazar ben Shammua
The account is unhistorical, the ten men lived at different times and could not be executed at the same time. The number 10 is added to establish a connection with the ten brothers of Joseph , who once sold him to Egypt, for which the ten martyrs are now making atonement . Their martyrdom also stands for the guarantee of coming redemption and the near end of Rome . Along with the Aqedat Isaak, this script was part of the basis of Jewish martyrology in the Middle Ages and has therefore been preserved in numerous manuscripts and versions.
literature
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash (= Beck study ). 8th, revised edition. Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-36695-3 ( preview in the Google book search; 7th edition and d. T .: Hermann L. Strack , Günter Stemberger: Introduction to Talmud and Midrash (= Beck's elementary books ). Beck , Munich 1982, ISBN 3-406-08282-3 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Günter Stemberger: Introduction to Talmud and Midrash (= Beck study ). 8th, revised edition. Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-36695-3 .