Simeon ben Menasja
R. Simeon ben Menasja (also Simon ben Menassia ) was an ancient Jewish scholar who is counted among the fourth generation of Tannaites and who worked in the second century AD.
He was a student of Rabbi Meir , from whom he handed down doctrines. With his friend Jose ben Meschullam he headed the so-called Holy Congregation in Jerusalem , a pious circle reminiscent of the Essenes , which devoted a third of the day to studying the scriptures, a third to prayer and the last third to work.
Mishnah and Baraita narrate a great number of Halachoth of Simeons. Above all, Sifre also brings several Haggadic scriptural interpretations that have him as the author.
literature
- Wilhelm Bacher : The Agada of the Tannaites . 1884 ff.
- Aaron Hyman : Toldoth Tannaim we-Amoraim . London 1910
- Samuel Atlas: SIMON ben MENASSIA . In: Jewish Lexicon . Volume IV / 2. Berlin 1927.
- Hermann L. Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash . 7th edition, Beck, Munich 1982.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simeon ben Menasja |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon ben Menassia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar (Tannait) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |