Joshua ben Levi

Yehoshua ben Levi (Hebrew יהושע בן לוי, also: Joshua ben Levi ), perhaps son of Levi b. Sissi, was a significant amora of the first generation in Lydda and especially by its involvement with the Haggadah one of the finest amora of Palestine in the first half of the 3rd century. Halachically he differed significantly from the positions of Judah ha - Nasi.

Life

Joshua ben Levi was a student of Qappara Bar ( Bar Kappara ) of Yehudah bar Pedaja and Pinchas ben Yair and teacher of Simeon ben Paci and Tanhum ben Chanilai.

He was the hero of many miracle stories (Joshua robs the angel of death by stratagem the sword and reaches alive into paradise; Joshua accompanied the Prophet Elijah and learns that seemingly unjust fate higher justice is based, etc.). There is a known story of Yehoshua ben Levi in Peter the Venerable, well served the alphabet of Ben Sira as a source for.

Also reports of trips (including to Rome and Caesarea ), which he undertook to produce higher-level states in the Jewish community after the Bar Kochba revolt and stand up for his people in the Roman rulers.

In the summer of 2009, the previously unknown tomb Yehoshua ben Levi was discovered in the Galilee agricultural settlement Tzippori northwest of Nazareth.