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==Nimrod in Rabbinic Literature==

==Nimrod in Rabbinic Literature==

Nimrod is considered the prototype of a rebellious people, his name being interpreted as "he who made all the people rebellious against God"<ref name=JE/> He is identified with [[Cush]] and with [[Amraphel]], the name of the latter being interpreted as "he whose words are dark".<ref name=JE/> As he was the first hunter he was consequently the first who introduced the eating of meat by man.<ref name=JE/> He was also the first to make [[war]] on other peoples.<ref name=JE/>

Nimrod is considered the prototype of a rebellious people, his name being interpreted as "he who made all the people rebellious against God"<ref name="JE"/> He is identified with [[Cush]] and with [[Amraphel]], the name of the latter being interpreted as "he whose words are dark".<ref name="JE"/> As he was the first hunter he was consequently the first who introduced the eating of meat by man.<ref name="JE"/> He was also the first to make [[war]] on other peoples.<ref name="JE"/>

===His Feats as a Hunter===

===His Feats as a Hunter===

Nimrod was not wicked in his youth.<ref name=JE/> On the contrary, when a young man he used to sacrifice to God the animals which he caught while [[hunting]].<ref name=JE/> His great success in hunting was due to the fact that he wore the coats of skin which God made for [[Adam and Eve]].<ref name=JE/> These coats were handed down from father to son, and thus came into the possession of [[Noah]], who took them with him into the ark, whence they were stolen by [[Ham]].<ref name=JE/> The latter gave them to his son [[Cush]], who in turn gave them to Nimrod, and when the animals saw the latter clad in them, they crouched before him so that he had no difficulty in catching them.<ref name=JE/> The people, however, thought that these feats were due to his extraordinary strength, so that they made him their king.<ref name=JE/>  

Nimrod was not wicked in his youth.<ref name="JE"/> On the contrary, when a young man he used to sacrifice to God the animals which he caught while [[hunting]].<ref name=JE/> His great success in hunting was due to the fact that he wore the coats of skin which God made for [[Adam and Eve]].<ref name="JE"/> These coats were handed down from father to son, and thus came into the possession of [[Noah]], who took them with him into the ark, whence they were stolen by [[Ham]].<ref name=JE/> The latter gave them to his son [[Cush]], who in turn gave them to Nimrod, and when the animals saw the latter clad in them, they crouched before him so that he had no difficulty in catching them.<ref name=JE/> The people, however, thought that these feats were due to his extraordinary strength, so that they made him their king.<ref name=JE/>  

===Nimrod is made king===

===Nimrod is made king===