Hillel II.
Hillel II. Or Hillel Nasia ( Hebrew הלל נשיאה) was a Jewish patriarch from 350 to 365. He is formally counted among the Amorae of the 4th generation (only mentioned twice in connection with Halachot: Pal. Berachot I, 5a .; pal.Terumot I, 41a).
He was the son of the Patriarch Yehuda III. , Descendant of Babylonia and between 30 BC Chr., And 10 n. Chr. In Jerusalem acting great Jewish scholar Rabbi Hillel (Hillel the Elder / Hillel hazaqen ) and father of Gamaliel V.
Hillel II worked under Emperor Julian from around 350 to 365 AD and created (according to a tradition at Hai Gaon in 358) the constant Jewish calendar that counts according to solar years and is valid until the present . Its era counts from creation , which corresponds to the year 3761 BC. Corresponds to. There is no known reason why Hillel II could assume the sum of the ages of conception of the old patriarchs including 100 years of patriarch Shem as the time interval between Adam and the Flood .
literature
- Eduard Mahler : Handbook of Jewish Chronology . Olms, Hildesheim 1967 (reprint of the Frankfurt / M. 1916 edition).
- Hermann Leberecht Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash . 8. rework. Edition. Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-36695-3 , p. 99.
- Ernst Bammel: Judaica et Paulina , Paul Siebeck, Tübingen, 1997
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| SURNAME | Hillel II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish patriarch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 365 |