Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 127)

Quintus Tineius Rufus, also known as Turnus Rufus the Evil (

Life

In

A few years after he stepped down from the consulship, Rufus was appointed

Judea sometime between 120 and 130, prior to the Bar Kokhba revolt.^[6] Rufus' tenure began in 130 and continued to 133.^[7]

Quintus Tineius Rufus is known for his role in unsuccessfully combating the

Jews under Simon bar Kokhba and Elasar. The Church Fathers and rabbinic literature emphasize his role in provoking the revolt.^[8]

Rufus is last recorded in 132; whether he died or was replaced is uncertain.

Tinnius Rufus asked: "Which is the more beautiful—God's work or man's?" Rabbi Akiva replied: "Undoubtedly man's work is the better, for while nature at God's command supplies us only with the raw material, human skill enables us to elaborate the same according to the requirements of art and good taste." Rufus had hoped to drive Akiva into a corner by his strange question; for he expected quite a different answer and intended to compel Akiva to admit the wickedness of circumcision. He then put the question, "Why has God not made man just as He wanted him to be?" Akiva had an answer ready: "For the very reason, the duty of man is to perfect himself."^[9]^[10]

Offspring and legacy

Quintus Rufus took a woman named Claudia Rufina as a wife, and had a daughter

pontifices

. It is also said that once Turnosropus complained to his wife Rufina, that R. Akiva teased him to the Roman rulers. His wife suggested that he throw R. Akiva out of the trap by seducing him. She tried it, but did not succeed. When she came to R. Akiva, he spit, laughed and cried. When she asked him to reconcile his words, he replied, spitting, since she came from a sruha preaching. He laughed, did not answer her, since the reason was, that she would marry him in the future. And cried, that all her beauty would be spent after her death. Later, Rufina asked Rabbi Akiva if she could repent, and when he answered that she did, she converted to Judaism. It may have been because of his attitude towards life that was different from what she knew. After converting to Judaism, she decided to marry R. Akiva.[9]

In the midrash[10] A miraculous story is presented about the prophet Elijah and Rabbi Yehoshua Hagarsi, the servant of Rabbi Akiva, who took the body of Rabbi Akiva after his execution and laid it down on the bed prepared for him in a hidden burial cave. In the same cave, Rabbi Yehoshua saw a different bed, handsome from Rabbi Akiva's bed, and Eliyahu revealed to him that this bed was intended for Tornosropus' wife for all the good she had done with Rabbi Akiva when he was bandaged in the forbidden house.

His reputation varies, depending on the source; in Jewish tradition, Rufus conducted the war against the Jewish people. However, there is an inscription in his honor in Scythopolis. He was the first of his family to attain high office in Rome; that his son also did implies that he was not blamed for the unsuccessful start of the Roman war against Bar Kokhba.^{[clarification needed]}

Terentius Rufus

According to the Jewish historian

First Jewish Revolt.^[12] When his arch-enemy Simon bar Giora was eventually caught and brought to him after hiding in a cavern in Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Terentius Rufus ordered that the Temple Mount be ploughed up in hopes of discovering other hideaways from the war.^[12]

Whether this Terentius Rufus refers to the same Quintus Tineius Rufus who was made Consul suffectus some 59 years later is reasonably doubted.

References

^ Schürer, E. (1891). Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi [A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ]. Geschichte de jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi.English. Vol. 2. Translated by John MacPherson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 262–263.
JSTOR 20184301
.

^ Eck, Werner (1983). "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139". Chiron. 13: 158–163.

Midrash Shocher Tov
(Midrash Mishlei, on Proverbs 9:2), Jerusalem 1968 (Hebrew)

ISBN 3-406-03096-3
.

^ Divers Find Unexpected Roman Inscription From the Eve of Bar-Kochba Revolt Haaretz.com (Last accessed 6 June 2017)

^ Eck 1983, pp. 169–173

ISBN 0-521-77248-6

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "AKIBA BEN JOSEPH". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved Jan 23, 2017.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, pp. 111-123;

J. Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, pp. 116-122;

Weiss, Dor, 2 107-118;

H. Oppenheim
, in Bet Talmud, 2:237-246, 269-274;

I. Gastfreund, Biographic des R. Akiba, Lemberg, 1871;

J. S. Bloch, in Mimizraḥ u-Mima'arab, 1894, pp. 47-54;

Grätz, Gesch. d. Juden, iv. (see index);

Ewald, Gesch. d. Volkes Israel, 7 367 et seq.;

Derenbourg, Essai, pp. 329-331, 395 et seq., 418 et seq.;

Hamburger [de], R. B. T. ii. 32-43;

Bacher, Ag. Tan. i. 271-348;

Jost, Gesch. des Judenthums und Seiner Sekten, ii. 59 et seq.;

Landau [de], in MonatsschriftTooltip Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums, 1854, pp. 45-51, 81-93, 130-148;

Dünner, ibid. 1871, pp. 451-454;

Neubürger, ibid. 1873, pp. 385-397, 433-445, 529-536;

D. Hoffmann, Zur Einleitung in die Halachischen Midraschim, pp. 5-12;

Grätz, Gnosticismus, pp. 83-120;

F. Rosenthal [de], Vier Apokryph. Bücher . . . R. Akiba's, especially pp. 95-103, 124-131;

S. Funk, Akiba (Jena Dissertation), 1896;

M. Poper, Pirḳe R. Akiba, Vienna, 1808;

M. Lehmann, Akiba, Historische Erzählung, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1880;

J. Wittkind, Ḥuṭ ha-Meshulash, Wilna, 1877;

Braunschweiger, Die Lehrer der Mischnah, pp. 92-110.

S. Buber
7

ISBN 3-486-56414-5
, S. 237–264, hier S. 244.

^
Wars vii.ii.§ 1. It is likely that this earlier Terentius Rufus is the "Turanus-Rufus" mentioned in the Talmud, Tractate Taanit as the one who plowed over the Temple. See Brand, Ezra. "Historical Puzzles and Possible Interpretations of the Encounter Between 'Turnus Rufus' and 'Rabban Gamliel' in the Talmud (Taanit 29a)"
.

Sources

Brill's New Pauly
, under "Tineius" [3]

Political offices

Preceded by
Publius Tullius Varro,
and Junius Paetus
as ordinary consuls
Suffect consul of the Roman Empire
AD 127
with Marcus Licinius Celer Nepos
Succeeded by
Lucius Aemilius Juncus,
and Sextus Julius Severus
as suffect consuls

Authority control databases

VIAF

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[1] Schürer, E. (1891). Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi [A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ]. Geschichte de jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi.English. Vol. 2. Translated by John MacPherson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 262–263.

[2] JSTOR 20184301
.

[3] Eck, Werner (1983). "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139". Chiron. 13: 158–163.

[4] Midrash Shocher Tov
(Midrash Mishlei, on Proverbs 9:2), Jerusalem 1968 (Hebrew)

[5] ISBN 3-406-03096-3
.

[6] Divers Find Unexpected Roman Inscription From the Eve of Bar-Kochba Revolt Haaretz.com (Last accessed 6 June 2017)

[7] Eck 1983, pp. 169–173

[William_David_Davies_1984_p._35-8] ISBN 0-521-77248-6

[je-9] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "AKIBA BEN JOSEPH". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved Jan 23, 2017.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, pp. 111-123;

J. Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, pp. 116-122;

Weiss, Dor, 2 107-118;

H. Oppenheim
, in Bet Talmud, 2:237-246, 269-274;

I. Gastfreund, Biographic des R. Akiba, Lemberg, 1871;

J. S. Bloch, in Mimizraḥ u-Mima'arab, 1894, pp. 47-54;

Grätz, Gesch. d. Juden, iv. (see index);

Ewald, Gesch. d. Volkes Israel, 7 367 et seq.;

Derenbourg, Essai, pp. 329-331, 395 et seq., 418 et seq.;

Hamburger [de], R. B. T. ii. 32-43;

Bacher, Ag. Tan. i. 271-348;

Jost, Gesch. des Judenthums und Seiner Sekten, ii. 59 et seq.;

Landau [de], in MonatsschriftTooltip Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums, 1854, pp. 45-51, 81-93, 130-148;

Dünner, ibid. 1871, pp. 451-454;

Neubürger, ibid. 1873, pp. 385-397, 433-445, 529-536;

D. Hoffmann, Zur Einleitung in die Halachischen Midraschim, pp. 5-12;

Grätz, Gnosticismus, pp. 83-120;

F. Rosenthal [de], Vier Apokryph. Bücher . . . R. Akiba's, especially pp. 95-103, 124-131;

S. Funk, Akiba (Jena Dissertation), 1896;

M. Poper, Pirḳe R. Akiba, Vienna, 1808;

M. Lehmann, Akiba, Historische Erzählung, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1880;

J. Wittkind, Ḥuṭ ha-Meshulash, Wilna, 1877;

Braunschweiger, Die Lehrer der Mischnah, pp. 92-110.

[10] Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, pp. 111-123;

[11] J. Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, pp. 116-122;

[12] Weiss, Dor, 2 107-118;

[13] H. Oppenheim
, in Bet Talmud, 2:237-246, 269-274;

[14] I. Gastfreund, Biographic des R. Akiba, Lemberg, 1871;

[15] J. S. Bloch, in Mimizraḥ u-Mima'arab, 1894, pp. 47-54;

[16] Grätz, Gesch. d. Juden, iv. (see index);

[17] Ewald, Gesch. d. Volkes Israel, 7 367 et seq.;

[18] Derenbourg, Essai, pp. 329-331, 395 et seq., 418 et seq.;

[19] Hamburger [de], R. B. T. ii. 32-43;

[20] Bacher, Ag. Tan. i. 271-348;

[21] Jost, Gesch. des Judenthums und Seiner Sekten, ii. 59 et seq.;

[22] Landau [de], in MonatsschriftTooltip Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums, 1854, pp. 45-51, 81-93, 130-148;

[23] Dünner, ibid. 1871, pp. 451-454;

[24] Neubürger, ibid. 1873, pp. 385-397, 433-445, 529-536;

[25] D. Hoffmann, Zur Einleitung in die Halachischen Midraschim, pp. 5-12;

[26] Grätz, Gnosticismus, pp. 83-120;

[27] F. Rosenthal [de], Vier Apokryph. Bücher . . . R. Akiba's, especially pp. 95-103, 124-131;

[28] S. Funk, Akiba (Jena Dissertation), 1896;

[29] M. Poper, Pirḳe R. Akiba, Vienna, 1808;

[30] M. Lehmann, Akiba, Historische Erzählung, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1880;

[31] J. Wittkind, Ḥuṭ ha-Meshulash, Wilna, 1877;

[32] Braunschweiger, Die Lehrer der Mischnah, pp. 92-110.

[10] S. Buber
7

[11] ISBN 3-486-56414-5
, S. 237–264, hier S. 244.

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Wars vii.ii.§ 1. It is likely that this earlier Terentius Rufus is the "Turanus-Rufus" mentioned in the Talmud, Tractate Taanit as the one who plowed over the Temple. See Brand, Ezra. "Historical Puzzles and Possible Interpretations of the Encounter Between 'Turnus Rufus' and 'Rabban Gamliel' in the Talmud (Taanit 29a)"
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