Eliezer ben Jacob II

Who is Eliezer ben Jacob II?

Eliezer ben Jacob II was a Tanna of the 2nd century, quoted among R. Akiba's younger disciples who survived the fall of Bethar and the subsequent Hadrianic persecutions, including Judah b. 'Illai, R. Meïr, Simon b. Yoḥai, Eliezer b. Jose ha-Gelili. With most of them he maintained halakic disputations. He was the founder of a school known in the Talmud after his name, "Debe R. Eliezer b. Jacob", which sometimes opposed the "Debe R. Ishmael".