Mattia ben Cheresch
Mattia ben Cheresch ( Mattja ben Cheresch or Charasch ; * in Judea ) was an ancient Jewish scholar; he worked in the second century AD and is one of the late Tannaites of the so-called second generation.
He was a student of Eliezer ben Hyrcanus and taught in Rome , where he founded a school, just before the Hadrianic War .
His motto, handed down in the sayings of the fathers (IV., 5), reads: “Precede everyone with a greeting. Rather be the lion's tail than the fox's head. "
literature
- Zacharias Frankel : Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
- Bacher : The Agada of the Tannaites , 1884 ff.
- Samuel Atlas: Article Mattia ben Cheresch , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927 (Volume III.)
- Strack / Stemberger : Introduction in Talmud and Midrash , 7th edition, Beck, Munich 1982
- Ismar Elbogen et al .: Mattithiah B. Heresh. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mattia ben Cheresch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mattja ben Cheresch; Mattja ben Charasch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar (Tannait) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Judaea |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |