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Article: The Ordeal of a Skeptic.(Rabbi Elisha ben Avuya)
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- Midstream
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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Rabbi Elisha ben Avuya (or Abuya) is not a name that, outside the circle of Jews familiar with rabbinical studies, will meet with recognition. Yet he exemplifies an intriguing and moving case of a believer and highly respected member of a community and a coterie of devout scholars who lost his belief and turned away from traditional religious observance, thus estranging himself from his people and, naturally, incurring resentment from his former colleagues.
We have no distinct literary report concerning the life of our protagonist and the dramatic change in his belief and convictions. The picture can, however, be pieced together from fragments in the rabbinical ...
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