Life
Oenomaus was a native of Gadara, which was then a partially Hellenized community in northern Palestine. He is one of four philosophers listed in the Chronicle of Jerome, as flourishing in the 3rd year of Hadrian's reign (119 AD).
It has been suggested that Oenomaus is identical to the philosopher Abnimos ha-Gardi, who is mentioned several times in the Talmud and Midrash as the pagan friend of Rabbi Meir. Although this is not impossible, there is nothing in the Jewish stories to provide a convincing link to Oenomaus.
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