Jose ben Aqabya ( Heb. Yose ben Aqabya or Yose ben Yakov; Aram. Issi bar Akiba) was a

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

and Tanna whose career spanned the early third century CE. The name "Issi" or "Assa" is derived from "Jose," and was borne by many tannaim and

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; hence the confusion that prevails in the

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concerning the identity of each of them, the same

halakhic ''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandm ...

aggadic Aggadah ( he, ''ʾAggāḏā'' or ''Haggāḏā''; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא ''ʾAggāḏəṯāʾ''; "tales, fairytale, lore") is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, ...

saying being attributed sometimes to one and sometimes to another of that name. Thus the prohibition against riding on a mule is reported in the Yerushalmi in the name of ''Issi ben Aqabya'', while in the

Tosefta The Tosefta (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תוספתא "supplement, addition") is a compilation of the Jewish oral law from the late 2nd century, the period of the Mishnah. Overview In many ways, the Tosefta acts as a supplement to the Mishnah ( ...

Kil'ayim v. 6. it is attributed to Issi ha-Babli, who is undoubtedly identical with Issi ben Judah. Bacher supposes that Issi ben Aqabya was the brother of Hananiah ben Aqabya, the interpreter ("meturgeman") of

Judah ha-Nasi Judah ha-Nasi ( he, יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא‎, ''Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ‎''; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince) or Judah I, was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the ''Mi ...

. Issi was a diligent student of the Bible, and some of his interpretations have been preserved in the

midrashic ''Midrash'' (;"midrash"
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literature.

References

Resources

Schechter, Solomon and Isaac Broydé. "Jose (Isi, Issi) ben Akabya".

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. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906, ''citing'': :*Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ii. 225; :*Bacher, Ag. Tan. ii. 371. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jose ben Akabya Mishnah rabbis 3rd-century rabbis Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Year of death unknown