Shmuel of Nehardea

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Shmuel of Nehardea was a leading early Babylonian Talmudic sage renowned for his expertise in civil law and astronomy and for heading the academy in Nehardea.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Samuel of Nehardea 7
Shmuel of Nehardea canonical 2
Shmuel bar Abba 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amora
Babylonian rabbi
Talmudic sage
activityEndCentury 3rd century
activityStartCentury 3rd century
alsoKnownAs Mar Shmuel
linked to: Shmuel

Samuel of Nehardea
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea

Samuel the Astronomer
Shmuel bar Abba
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
amoraGeneration first generation of Amoraim
associatedWith Nehardea academy
linked to: Nehardea

city of Nehardea
coFounderOf Babylonian Talmudic tradition
colleagueOf Rav (Abba Arikha)
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)
contemporaryOf Rav (Abba Arikha)
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)
era Amoraic period
fieldOfWork Halakha
Talmudic law
astronomy
calendar calculation
civil law
medicine
gender male
knownFor expertise in astronomy
expertise in civil law
expertise in monetary law
halakhic rulings in Choshen Mishpat (civil law)
leadership of the academy in Nehardea
medical knowledge
legalSchool Babylonian halakhic tradition
linked to: Halakha
mainWorkLanguage Aramaic
mentionedIn Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Batra
linked to: Bava Batra

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Kamma
linked to: Bava Kamma

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Metzia
linked to: Bava Metzia

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Berakhot
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Eruvin
linked to: Tractate Eruvin

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin
linked to: Talmud Bavli

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Kiddushin
linked to: Talmud Bavli

Babylonian Talmud, tractate Shabbat
linked to: Tractate Shabbat
notableIdea dina de-malkhuta dina (the law of the kingdom is law)
priority of civil law expertise
notableStatement "The law of the kingdom is law"
origin Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
position head of the academy of Nehardea
rosh yeshiva of Nehardea
region Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
religion Judaism
sourceText Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli
teacherOf Rav Chisda
Rav Huna
Rav Nachman
Rav Yehuda
tradition Rabbinic Judaism

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

Amoraim notableMember Shmuel of Nehardea
Nehardea hasNotableRabbi Samuel of Nehardea
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea alsoKnownAs Samuel of Nehardea
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea alsoKnownAs Shmuel bar Abba
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Rav contemporaryOf Shmuel of Nehardea
Abba Arika teacherOf Samuel of Nehardea
subject linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Abba Arika colleagueOf Samuel of Nehardea
subject linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Sura Academy notableStudentOrTeacher Samuel of Nehardea
subject linked to: Sura academy
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Abba Arikha teacherOf Samuel of Nehardea
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea
Abba Arikha contemporaryOf Samuel of Nehardea
linked to: Shmuel of Nehardea