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Episode 23 – Who’s Who in the Talmud: R. Meir and Elisha Ben Avuyah / Acher

March 8, 2011 Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Theology, and Machshava, Podcasts, Random Acts of Scholarship, Sermons, Lectures, and Divrei Torah, Who's Who in the Talmud

Rabbi Yuter discusses the passage in B. Chagiga 15a-b regarding the rabbinic heretic Elisha Ben Avukah aka “Acher” and his relationship with R. Meir, focusing on the particularly Babylonian influence of the narrative.

R. Meir and Elisha Ben Avuyah / Acher Sources (PDF)

R. Meir and Elisha Ben Avuyah / Acher

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