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AKIBA

The leading teacher of the rabbinic tradition for the first three decades of the 2nd century c.e. In his zealous defense of Scripture, Akiba developed a hermeneutic in which every word, letter, and critical mark demanded interpretation. For Akiba there were no superfluous words, or even letters, in Scripture. This approach served as the operating methodology for much of the midrash that would follow in the rabbinic tradition. Akiba was also credited with having arranged the oral Torah in a systematic fashion based upon subject matter.

Akiba died a martyr’s death. In 132 c.e. Simon bar Kokhba, whose followers projected onto him messianic expectations, led a revolt against Emperor Trajan and the Roman government. Akiba’s support of Bar Kokhba and his refusal to abandon the public teaching of the Torah led to his untimely death at the hands of the Roman government.

W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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