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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Label Occurrences
Savoraim canonical 6

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Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (6)

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

Amoraim → followedBy → Savoraim ⓘ
Geonim → follows → Savoraim ⓘ
Rava → followedBy → Savoraim ⓘ
Talmud Bavli → developedBy → Savoraim ⓘ
Amora → transmitsTraditionTo → Savoraim ⓘ