Elisha

Japanese: エリシャ（英語表記）Elisha

A Hebrew prophet who appeared in the latter half of the 9th century BCE. He continued Elijah's work of establishing the faith in Yahweh, and fought against the Phoenician worship of Baal over two generations of the Omri dynasty, Joram and Jehu. Elisha's words of praise for Elijah, "the chariot of Israel and its horseman," were given to Elisha by King Joash. He was highly popular and supported by the group of prophets, and he completed the solo task of banishing Baal from the country, something that Elijah had been unable to accomplish (2 Kings 2 and following). Elisha's name means "God saves."

Elisha
Elisha ben Abuyah

Born: Around 70, Jerusalem
[Dead]?
A representative Jewish legal scholar in Palestine in the first half of the 2nd century. He was counted among the wise men, but later abandoned his faith. Although he is quoted in the Talmud, he is said to have been heavily influenced by Greek culture and developed a kind of Gnostic dualism. His intellectual tendencies led to him being viewed as a heretic in Judaism, which is said to have been the cause of his apostasy.

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Japanese:

前9世紀後半に現れたヘブライ人の預言者。エリヤのヤハウェ信仰確立の事業を継ぎ，オムリ朝のヨラム，エヒウの2代にわたりフェニキアのバール神崇拝と闘う。エリヤをたたえた「イスラエルの戦車にしてその騎手」というエリシャの言葉は，そのまま王ヨアシュによってエリシャにも贈られた。人望厚く預言者団の支持を受け，エリヤのなしえなかったバール神の国外追放という独行の事業を完遂 (列王紀下2章以下) 。エリシャとは「神は救いたまえり」の意。

エリシャ
Elisha ben Abuyah

[生]70頃.エルサレム
[没]?
2世紀前半のパレスチナのユダヤ教律法学者の代表。賢者の一人に数えられるが，のちに棄教する。タルムードのなかに引用されてはいるが，ギリシア文化の影響を強く受けていたといわれ，一種のグノーシス的二元論を展開し，その知的傾向ゆえにユダヤ教のなかでは異端視され，それが背教の原因となったといわれる。

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