Amoraim

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The Amoraim were Jewish Talmudic sages of the 3rd–5th centuries CE whose discussions and interpretations of earlier teachings formed the core of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds.

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Generate an image of the Amoraim (The Amoraim were Jewish Talmudic sages of the 3rd–5th centuries CE whose discussions and interpretations of earlier teachings formed the core of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds.)

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Label Occurrences
Amoraim canonical 20
Babylonian Amoraim 3
Amoraim of the Land of Israel 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious scholars ⓘ
Talmudic sages ⓘ
group of rabbis ⓘ
activeIn Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
basedOn Mishnah ⓘ
teachings of the Tannaim ⓘ
centerOfActivity Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Caesarea Maritima

Nehardea academy ⓘ
linked to: Nehardea

Pumbedita academy ⓘ
Sura academy ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
contributedTo Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
linked to: Talmud

Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
linked to: Talmud Yerushalmi
etymology Aramaic term meaning "those who say" or "speakers" ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aggadah ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Oral Torah ⓘ
linked to: Mishnah

Talmudic law ⓘ
Torah interpretation ⓘ
followed Tannaim ⓘ
followedBy Savoraim ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed the core discussions of the Talmud ⓘ
shaped classical rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
mainSources Talmud Bavli ⓘ
linked to: Talmud

Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
midrashic literature ⓘ
notableMember Abaye ⓘ
Abba Arika (Rav) ⓘ
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha ⓘ
Rav Ashi ⓘ
Rav Huna ⓘ
Rav Nahman bar Yaakov ⓘ
Rav Papa ⓘ
Rav Yosef ⓘ
Rava ⓘ
Ravina ⓘ
Reish Lakish ⓘ
linked to: Resh Lakish

Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ
precededBy Tannaim ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role interpreters of earlier rabbinic teachings ⓘ
teachers of Jewish law ⓘ
transmitters of Oral Torah traditions ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
5th century CE ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

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

Acharonim → distinguishedFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Tannaim → followedBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Tannaim → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Rishonim → distinguishedFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai → influenced → Later Amoraim ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Tanchuma → associatedWith → Amoraic sages ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Rav → tradition → Babylonian Amoraim ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → influenced → Babylonian Amoraim ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Ravina → memberOf → Amoraim ⓘ
Resh Lakish → belongsToSchool → Amoraim of the Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Savoraim → followed → Amoraim ⓘ
Savoraim → precededBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Savoraim → distinctFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav Huna → movement → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav Huna → category → Babylonian Amoraim ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Tractate Beitzah → discussesBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Meir → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Ishmael → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Talmud Bavli → developedBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Eleazar ben Pedat → belongsToSchool → Amoraim of the Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Abba Arika → movement → Amoraim ⓘ
Amora → hasPluralForm → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav Abba Arikha → influenced → Amoraim of Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Amoraim
Moed Katan → traditionAttributesGemaraTo → Amoraim ⓘ
subject linked to: Tractate Moed Katan