Abba Arika

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Abba Arika, commonly known as Rav, was a leading third-century Babylonian amora and a foundational figure in the development of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Babylonian amora
Jewish religious leader
Talmudic sage
rabbi
activeInCentury 3rd century
activeInRegion Babylonia NERFINISHED
associatedWith exilarchate of Babylonia NERFINISHED
associatedWithWork Babylonian Talmud NERFINISHED
chronologicalPosition first generation of Babylonian Amoraim
collaboratedWith Shmuel of Nehardea NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED
era Talmudic era
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork Aggadah NERFINISHED
Halakha NERFINISHED
gender male
hasAlias Rab NERFINISHED
Rav NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalName Abba Arika NERFINISHED
hasHonorific Rav NERFINISHED
hasTitle Rav of Sura NERFINISHED
influenced Babylonian rabbinic tradition
later Amoraim
knownFor systematizing halakhic teaching in Babylonia
transmitting teachings from the Land of Israel to Babylonia
languageOfWork Aramaic NERFINISHED
Hebrew
legalSchool House of Hillel NERFINISHED
movement Amoraim NERFINISHED
notableFor foundational role in the development of the Babylonian Talmud
founding the academy of Sura
occupation Talmudic scholar
halakhic authority
placeOfActivity Eretz Yisrael NERFINISHED
Mahoza NERFINISHED
Sura NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
role head of the Sura academy
sourceMention Babylonian Talmud NERFINISHED
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED
studiedUnder Judah haNasi NERFINISHED
teacherOf Rav Chisda NERFINISHED
Rav Huna NERFINISHED
Rav Judah bar Ezekiel NERFINISHED
Rav Nachman NERFINISHED
tradition Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED

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Rav alsoKnownAs Abba Arika
Sura academy foundedBy Abba Arika
subject surface form: Sura Academy