Divrei Yosippon — Sefer Yosippon — Chapter 14: Death of Elazar

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14:1

The aged Elazar is pressured to eat forbidden flesh or to pretend compliance so younger people will think he obeyed the king.

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14:2

He refuses both the act and the deception, saying that an appearance of betrayal would damage those who look to him.

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14:3

He endures torture rather than trade a long life of discipline for a short extension of years.

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14:4

His death becomes a model of integrity in which public example and inward obedience cannot be separated.

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