Eleazar ben Pedat

Not to be confused with Eleazar ben Shammua.
For other early Jewish rabbis with the same name, see Rabbi Eleazar (disambiguation).
Rabbinical eras

Eleazar ben Pedat (Hebrew: רבי אלעזר בן פדת) was a second and third-generation amora or Talmudist from Babylon who lived in Syria Palaestina during the 3rd century.[1][2][3]

He became a scholar at the Talmudic academy at Tiberias, where he was held in great esteem and served as head master, becoming known as "master [i.e., legal authority] of the land of Israel".[4]

  1. ^ Bokser, B. M. (1983). "The Wall Separating God and Israel". Jewish Quarterly Review. 73 (4): 349–374. doi:10.2307/1454547. JSTOR 1454547. Pedat, a 3rd century Babylonian emigre to Palestine
  2. ^ Feldman, L. H. (1992). "Some Observations on Rabbinic Reaction to Roman Rule in Third Century Palestine". Hebrew Union College Annual. 63: 39–81. JSTOR 23508128. Eleazar ben Pedat, the third century scholar who lived in both Palestine and Babylonia
  3. ^ Neusner, J.; Avery-Peck, A. J.; Chilton, B. D., eds. (2001). Judaism in Late Antiquity. Vol. 16. Brill. p. 193. ISBN 0391041533. the story is in part a Babylonian critique of the actions of Palestinian rabbis. It disapproves either of specific individuals (Yohanan, Resh Laqish, and Eleazar ben Pedat) or of Palestinian Amoraim in general
  4. ^ Schechter, S.; Mendelsohn, S. "ELEAZAR II. (LAZAR)". Jewish Encyclopedia.