Simeon ben Eleazar

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Rabbi Simeon ben Eleazar (ben Schammua, i.e.: after Frankel and Wilhelm Bacher son of R. Eleasar ben Schammua; * after 140 ) was Tannait of the 4th generation, a pupil of Meir , often in controversy with his friend R. Jehuda ha-Nasi , also held polemical discussions with Samaritans and tried to prove to them that the resurrection was taught in the scriptures (Sifre to Num. 15; cf. Midrash ).

Simeon ben Eleazar is mentioned only seven times in the Mishnah , but frequently in the Baraita .

Web links

Simeon ben Eleazar in the Jewish Encyclopedia , accessed August 28, 2012

personal data
SURNAME Simeon ben Eleazar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simeon ben Eleazar, Shim'on ben El'azar ben Shammua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tannait
DATE OF BIRTH after 140
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century or 3rd century