Rabbi Chiyya the Great
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Rabbi Chiyya the Great was a prominent early third-century Babylonian-born sage of the Talmud, renowned for his role in preserving and disseminating the Oral Torah in the Land of Israel.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Ḥiyya | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amora
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Talmudic sage ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeIn | Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early third century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rabbi Hiyya the Great
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Rabbi Ḥiyya Rabbah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eretz Yisrael
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Sanhedrin of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Baraitot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Jewish ⓘ |
| era | Talmudic era ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Aggadah
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ⓘ
Halakha NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah study ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
Torah exegesis
ⓘ
oral law ⓘ |
| honorific | the Great ⓘ |
| influenced | later Amoraim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Torah education
ⓘ
disseminating the Oral Torah ⓘ preserving the Oral Torah ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Babylonian Talmud
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | early Amoraim ⓘ |
| notableFor | efforts to prevent Torah from being forgotten in Israel ⓘ |
| origin | Babylonian Jew ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
Torah scribe
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ transmitter of tradition ⓘ |
| status | sage ⓘ |
| studentOf | Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInHistory | post-Mishnaic period ⓘ |
| tradition | Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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