Jacob the heretic is the name given to a 2nd-century heretic (Hebrew min) whose doings were used as examples in a few passages of the Tosefta and Talmud to illustrate laws relating to dealing with heresy (minut). == Accounts == === Jacob comes to heal a snake bite === Tosefta Chullin 2:22-23 tells how Rabbi Eleazar ben Damma was bitten by a snake.
Jacob the heretic is the name given to a 2nd-century heretic (Hebrew min) whose doings were used as examples in a few passages of the Tosefta and Talmud to illustrate laws relating to dealing with heresy (minut). == Accounts == === Jacob comes to heal a snake bite === Tosefta Chullin 2:22-23 tells how Rabbi Eleazar ben Damma was bitten by a snake.
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