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Midrash Eleh Ezkerah (
Page from Midrash Eleh Ezkerah, Constantinople (?), 1620.
The version in Eleh Ezkerah
According to the Midrash Eleh Ezkerah, and a brief parallel source in Midrash Mishlei, Joseph—a crime which, according to
Exodus
The names of the martyrs are given here, as in the
), as follows:
- R. Simeon ben Gamliel
- R.
Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen
- R. Akiva
- R. Haninah ben Teradion
- R. Judah ben Bava
- R. Judah ben Dama
- R. Hutzpit the Interpreter
- R. Hanina ben Hakinai
- R. Jeshbab the Scribe
- R. Eleazar ben Shammua
Although this midrash employs other sources, borrowing its introduction from the
Ninth of Ab
.
References
- 9:13, ed. Buber, p. 44b
Midrash Mishlei
1:13,
- ^ "The Ten Martyrs" by Dr. Deena S. Rabinovich, p. 1 n. 1
- ^ Leipsic, 1853, and in his B. H. 2:64-72
- ^ pp. 157-160
- ^ 6:19-35
- ^ Leghorn, 1877
- ^ B. H. 5:167 et seq.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Smaller Midrashim". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:
- Zunz, G. V. p. 142;
A. Jellinek
, B. H. 2:23 et seq.; 5:41; 6:17 et seq.;Benjacob
, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 299.- On the problem of the synchronism of the ten martyrs see
Heinrich Grätz
, Gesch. iv. 175 et seq., and Monatsschrift, i. 314 et seq.
- A German translation by P. Möbius appeared in 1845.
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