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.

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Label Occurrences
Amoraic period canonical 19
Talmudic era 4
Amoraic era 2

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Statements (52)

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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Referenced by (30)

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
Eleazar ben Pedat → era → Amoraic period ⓘ
Rabbi Tanchuma → timePeriod → Amoraic era ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
Beit She'arim National Park → significantPeriod → Talmudic era ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
Yevamot → timePeriod → Amoraic era (Gemara) ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
Bava Metzia → historicalPeriod → Amoraic era (Gemara) ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
Samuel the Astronomer → era → Amoraic period ⓘ
Nehardea → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Nehardea
Amora → partOf → Amoraic period ⓘ
Nasi of the Sanhedrin → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ
Nasi → historicalPeriod → Talmudic era ⓘ
linked to: Amoraic period
Judah bar Ezekiel → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ