Jonathan ben Eleazar

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R. Jonatan ben Eleazar (also: Jonatan ben Eleazar ), usually simply R. Jonatan , was an ancient Jewish scholar; he is counted among the Palestinian Cupids of the first generation and lived and worked in the third century AD.

He was a student of Simeon ben Jose ben Laqonja, was a friend of Rabbi Jannais and came to Palestine from Babylon with Chanina bar Chama and Josua ben Levi . He lived in Sepphoris .

His name appears in almost all Talmud tracts . His sayings are passed on by various Cupids, but especially by his favorite student Samuel bar Nachman .

Contemporary reports consistently describe him as very helpful and socially committed.

literature

  • Zacharias Frankel : Hodegetica , Leipzig 1859
  • Isaak Halevy: Dorot Harischonim , 1901 ff.
  • Jakob Pinchas Kohn: Article JONATAN ben ELEASAR , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Volume III
  • Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash . 8th edition. Beck, Munich 1992

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jonathan ben Eleazar in the Jewish Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ Jew. Lex. Volume III, Col. 318, lines 30-32

See also

personal data
SURNAME Jonathan ben Eleazar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jonathan ben Eleazar; R. Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scribe
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century or 4th century