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Eleazar ben-Shamna
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a Jewish teacher of the 2d century, was a pupil of the famous rabbi Akiba. During the-persecution by Hadrian he went to Nisibis, in Babylonia. His recorded maxim was: "Let the honor of thy disciple be dear unto thee as the honor of thine associate; and the honor of thine associate as the fear of thy master; and the fear of thy master as the fear of heaven" (Aboth, 4:17). See Hamburger, Real-Encyclop. 2:159. (B.P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eleazar ben-Shamna'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eleazar-ben-shamna.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.