Palestinian amora of the fifth generation (fifth century); senior of Naḥman II. and Aḥa III. (Pesiḳ. 5:55a). Most of his utterances are remarks which he had directly or indirectly heard from Abbahu, Ḥanina b. Abbahu, Tanḥum b. Ḥiyya, and others (Yer. Ber. 7:11d; Yer. Ma'as. 1:49a, 2:49c; Yer. 'Er. 3:23d; Lam. R. 3:17); but he also expresses his own views, both doctrinal and homiletical (Yer. Shab. 16:15d; Yer. Kil. 8:31a; Yer. Ḥallah, 2:58b; Ex. R. 23:5; Lev. R. 11:6; Pesiḳ. c.). His father, Jose II., seems to have been his principal teacher, for frequently it was before him that Eleazar propounded his views (Yer. Ber. 1:3d, 4:8a; Yer. Ned. 4:38d); and it is related that his father often chided him for lack of zeal. Quoting the statement (1 Chronicles 9:20), "In time past the Lord was with him [Phinehas]," he used to say, "As long as Phinehas was zealous for the Law, the Lord was with him; but when he ceased to be zealous the Lord forsook him" (Yer. Yoma 1:38d; Yer. Meg. 1:72a; Yer. Hor. 3:47d).