Jeshbab the Scribe (or Yeshbab the Scribe, he, יְשֵבָב הַסוֹפֵר, ''Yəšēḇāḇ haSōfēr'') was a third generation Jewish
Tanna sage, at the beginning of the 2nd century. He was a disciple of
Joshua ben Hananiah
Joshua ben Hananiah ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ ben Ḥánanyāh''; d. 131 CE), also known as Rabbi Yehoshua, was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Second Temple. He is the seventh-most-frequently mentioned sage in ...
and a colleague of
Rabbi Akiva.
The name is also sometimes spelled ''Jeshebeab.''
Jeshbab was benevolent, and had handed out all his property to the needy, a deed that was not viewed with favour by his colleagues. Once he wished to hand a fifth of his property to the needy, and R. Akiva ben Joseph did not allow him to do so.
[B. Talmud, Tractate Kethuboth, 50a]
Jeshbab is accounted among the
Ten Martyrs.
References
Mishnah rabbis
Jewish scribes (soferim)
Jewish martyrs
People executed by the Roman Empire
2nd-century rabbis
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