Amoraic period

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The Amoraic period was the era in Jewish history (roughly 3rd–5th centuries CE) during which rabbinic sages known as Amoraim developed and interpreted the Mishnah, producing the Talmud and shaping classical Rabbinic Judaism.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Amoraic period canonical 13
Talmudic era 2
Amoraic era 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Jewish history
historical period
basedOn Mishnah
chronologyNote approximately 220–500 CE
endTime 5th century CE
fieldOfWork Aggadah
Halakha
Jewish law
Talmudic exegesis
followedBy Geonic period
follows Tannaitic period
hasCharacteristic development of Talmudic literature
expansion of oral law
formation of classical Rabbinic Judaism
interpretation of the Mishnah
hasMainLocation Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Byzantine Empire
Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Roman Empire
Sasanian Empire
hasMainParticipants Amoraim
rabbinic sages
hasNotableFigure Abaye
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha
Rav
Rav Ashi
Rav Huna
Rav Nachman bar Yaakov
Rav Papa
Rav Yosef
Rava
Ravina
Resh Lakish
Shmuel
influenced Jewish liturgy
later rabbinic literature
medieval Jewish law
influencedBy Second Temple Judaism
Tannaitic halakhic traditions
languageUsed Aramaic
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Mishnaic Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
mainWork Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud

Jerusalem Talmud
linked to: Talmud Yerushalmi

Talmud
partOf Rabbinic era
linked to: Amoraic period
precededBy Tannaitic period
period of the Zugot
precedes Geonic period
religion Judaism
startTime 3rd century CE

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

Rabbinic Judaism timePeriod Amoraic period
Aggadah timePeriod Amoraic era
linked to: Amoraic period
Midrash developedInPeriod Amoraic period
Amoraic period partOf Rabbinic era
linked to: Amoraic period
Nehardea timePeriod Amoraic period
Sura timePeriod Amoraic period
Geonic period follows Talmudic period
linked to: Amoraic period
Nasi (prince) of Israel timePeriod Amoraic period
Shmuel of Nehardea era Amoraic period
Rav timePeriod Amoraic period
Rava eraWithinJudaism Amoraic period
Ravina era Amoraic period
Abba Arika era Amoraic period
subject linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)
Abaye era Talmudic era
linked to: Amoraic period
Rav Huna era Talmudic era
linked to: Amoraic period
Rav Nachman bar Yaakov era Amoraic period
Rav Yehuda era Amoraic period
Yeshivat Sura significantPeriod Amoraic period
Yohanan hasHistoricalUsage Rabbinic period
linked to: Amoraic period