Rav Abba Arikha

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Rav Abba Arikha, commonly known simply as Rav, was a leading third-century Babylonian Amora and co-founder of the great Talmudic academy in Sura, playing a central role in shaping the Babylonian Talmud.

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Rav Abba Arikha canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amora ⓘ
Jewish religious leader ⓘ
Talmudic sage ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
activeInCentury 3rd century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abba Arikha ⓘ
Abba bar Aybo ⓘ
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)

Abba bar Ibo ⓘ
Rab ⓘ
Rab Abba Arikha ⓘ
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)

Rav ⓘ
associatedWork Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
linked to: Talmud Bavli
collaboratedWith Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ
commemoratedIn Geonic literature ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
contemporaryOf Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ
culture Babylonian Jewry ⓘ
educatedAt academy of Rabbi Judah haNasi ⓘ
linked to: Yavneh academy
era early Amoraic era ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aggadah ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Talmudic law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasHonorific Rav ⓘ
influenced Amoraim of Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim

Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
linked to: Talmud Bavli
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
laterResidence Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
legalApproach systematic organization of halakhic traditions ⓘ
movement Amoraic period ⓘ
notableFor founding the rabbinic center at Sura ⓘ
shaping the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
systematizing the Oral Law in Babylonia ⓘ
origin Eretz Yisrael ⓘ
linked to: Israel
position Rosh Yeshiva of Sura ⓘ
rank first-generation Amora ⓘ
regionOfActivity Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Sura ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role co-founder of the Sura academy ⓘ
founder of the Talmudic academy in Sura ⓘ
head of the Sura academy ⓘ
studentOf Judah haNasi ⓘ
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi

Rabbi Judah the Prince ⓘ
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
teacher Judah haNasi ⓘ
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi

Rabbi Judah the Prince ⓘ
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
tradition Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ

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Rav → alsoKnownAs → Rav Abba Arikha ⓘ