Savoraim

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The Savoraim were Jewish Talmudic scholars who succeeded the Amoraim and are traditionally credited with editing, organizing, and finalizing the Babylonian Talmud.

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Savoraim canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Jewish Talmudic scholars
post-Talmudic sages
rabbinic era
associatedWith Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli
chronologicalPositionInRabbinicEras between Amoraim and Geonim
distinctFrom Amoraim
Geonim
Tannaim
fieldOfWork Halakha
Talmudic law
rabbinic literature
followed Amoraim
geographicLocation Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sasanian Empire
hasRole Talmudic redactors
rabbinic decisors
historicalContext post-Amoraic period in Babylonia
influenced Geonic academies
linked to: Pumbedita academy

later halakhic codifiers
language Aramaic
Hebrew
mainActivity editing the Babylonian Talmud
finalizing the Babylonian Talmud
organizing the Babylonian Talmud
notableContribution harmonization of contradictory Talmudic passages
resolution of textual difficulties in the Talmud
standardization of Talmudic text
partOf chain of Jewish oral law transmission
preceded Geonim
precededBy Amoraim
religion Judaism
religiousAuthority recognized by later Geonim
religiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
scopeOfInfluence Babylonian Jewish communities
development of halakhic tradition based on the Babylonian Talmud
succeededBy Geonim
timePeriod approximately 6th century CE
early 6th century CE
late 5th century CE
traditionallyCreditedWith adding clarifying glosses to the Babylonian Talmud
arranging the sugyot of the Babylonian Talmud
editing the text of the Babylonian Talmud
final redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
traditionSource medieval rabbinic historiography
workLocation Pumbedita academy
Sura academy

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Amoraim followedBy Savoraim
Geonim follows Savoraim
Rava followedBy Savoraim