Simlai
R. Simlai ( Simlaj , also: Samlai ), son of Abba, was an ancient Jewish scholar who was particularly well versed in the Haggadah , is counted among the second generation of Palestinian Cupids , and lived and worked in the third century AD.
He came from Nehardea , then lived in Lydda , later in Galilee with Jannai in Sepphoris .
Due to his time in Lydda he was also nicknamed Lyddenser or Daromäer (Hebrew darom , "south").
Because of his excellent knowledge of the scriptures, he was predestined to deal with Christianity and argued particularly against the Trinity .
The best known is his saying that the Torah consists of 613 do's and don'ts. David reduced it to eleven ( Psalm 15 EU ), Isaiah to six ( Isaiah 33.15 EU ), Micah to three ( Micah 6.8 EU ), again Isaiah to two ( Isaiah 56.1 EU ) and Habakkuk finally to one :
Simlais Tradent is R. Tanchum bar Chijja .
literature
- Heinrich Graetz : History of the Jews. From the oldest times to the middle of the 19th century. DirectMedia Publ., Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89853-444-8 (1 CD-ROM; reprint of the Berlin 1853 edition).
- Eisik Hirsch Weiss : On the history of the Jewish tradition. Vol. 2: From the destruction of the second temple to the conclusion of the Mishnah. Berlin 1923/24.
- Aaron Hyman : Toldoth Tannaim we-Amoraim. London 1910.
- Johann Krengel: Article SIMLAJ. In: Jewish Lexicon . Volume IV / 2. Berlin 1927.
- Alan F. Segal: Two Powers in Heaven. Early Rabbinic Reports About Christianity and Gnosticism (= Studies in Judaism in late antiquity Vol. 25). Brill, Leiden 1977, ISBN 90-04-05453-7 (also dissertation, University of New Haven 1977).
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. 8th edition Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-36695-3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simlai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simlaj; Samlai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scribe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nehardea |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century or 4th century |