Abaye

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Abaye was a prominent fourth-century Babylonian Talmudic sage whose legal debates with his colleague Rava are central to rabbinic jurisprudence.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abaye canonical 6
אביי 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amora ⓘ
Babylonian rabbi ⓘ
Talmudic sage ⓘ
activeIn Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
activeInCentury 4th century ⓘ
alternativeName Nachmani ⓘ
linked to: Nachman
areaOfActivity rabbinic jurisprudence ⓘ
associatedWithText Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
linked to: Talmud Bavli

Talmudic tractates Bava Batra ⓘ
Talmudic tractates Bava Kamma ⓘ
linked to: Bava Kamma

Talmudic tractates Bava Metzia ⓘ
linked to: Bava Metzia

Talmudic tractates Berakhot ⓘ
Talmudic tractates Eruvin ⓘ
linked to: Tractate Eruvin

Talmudic tractates Ketubot ⓘ
Talmudic tractates Pesachim ⓘ
linked to: Tractate Pesachim

Talmudic tractates Shabbat ⓘ
culture Babylonian Jewish culture ⓘ
era Talmudic era ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
linked to: Jews
fieldOfWork Aggadah ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
generation fourth generation of Amoraim ⓘ
hasColleague Rava ⓘ
hasHebrewName אביי ⓘ
linked to: Abaye
influenced Geonim ⓘ
Rishonim ⓘ
later halakhic authorities ⓘ
knownFor frequent halakhic disputes with Rava ⓘ
methodical dialectical analysis in Talmudic debate ⓘ
piety and meticulous observance of commandments ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic ⓘ
legalPrinciple exceptions known as Ya"L KGaM ⓘ
halakha usually follows Rava against Abaye ⓘ
mentorOrGuardian Rabba bar Nahmani ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
legal debates with Rava ⓘ
partOf rabbinic tradition ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Pumbedita academy ⓘ
religiousRole Talmudic expositor ⓘ
posek (decisor of Jewish law) ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
residence Pumbedita ⓘ
linked to: Pumbedita academy
studentOf Joseph bar Hiyya (Rav Yosef) ⓘ
linked to: Rav Yosef

Nahmani (Rabba) ⓘ
Rabba bar Nahmani ⓘ
teacherOf Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak ⓘ
Rav Pappa ⓘ
linked to: Rav Papa

Rav Zevid ⓘ
Rava ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amoraim → notableMember → Abaye ⓘ
Rava → hasColleague → Abaye ⓘ
Rava → hasDebatesWith → Abaye ⓘ
Abaye → hasHebrewName → אביי ⓘ
linked to: Abaye
Rabba bar Nahmani → student → Abaye ⓘ
subject linked to: Nahmani (Rabba)