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Joshua of Shiknin
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Amora of the third century; known especially as a transmitter of Levi's Haggadah. He also quotes a haggadic sentence by Aḥa (Lev. R. 31:5). Of his own work only a haggadic sentence, quoted by Yusta b. Shunam, is known: "The death of sinners excludes them from heaven and earth, whilst the death of the righteous establishes them in both" (Tan., Wayeẓe, 6 [ed. Buber, 1:148]).
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- Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. 3:730.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua of Shiknin'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-of-shiknin.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua of Shiknin'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-of-shiknin.html. 1901.
