Abba Arika (Rav)
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Abba Arika, commonly known as Rav, was a foundational Babylonian Amora and co-founder of the great Talmudic academy in Sura, playing a central role in shaping the Babylonian Talmud and rabbinic Judaism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rav (Abba Arikha) | 3 |
| Abba Arika (Rav) canonical | 1 |
| Rav Arika | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2955516 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abba Arika (Rav) Context triple: [Amoraim, notableMember, Abba Arika (Rav)]
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A.
Abba Moses
Abba Moses, also known as Moses the Black, was a 4th-century Ethiopian desert monk and former bandit who became a renowned Christian ascetic and saint in the early monastic tradition.
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B.
Abba Ahimeir
Abba Ahimeir was a prominent early 20th-century Zionist activist, journalist, and ideologue who helped shape the militant, nationalist current within Revisionist Zionism in Mandatory Palestine.
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C.
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the country's first Minister of Police and was a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Mivtsa Shlomo
Mivtsa Shlomo is the Hebrew name for Operation Solomon, the 1991 Israeli airlift that rapidly evacuated thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
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E.
Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abba Arika (Rav) Target entity description: Abba Arika, commonly known as Rav, was a foundational Babylonian Amora and co-founder of the great Talmudic academy in Sura, playing a central role in shaping the Babylonian Talmud and rabbinic Judaism.
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A.
Abba Moses
Abba Moses, also known as Moses the Black, was a 4th-century Ethiopian desert monk and former bandit who became a renowned Christian ascetic and saint in the early monastic tradition.
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B.
Abba Ahimeir
Abba Ahimeir was a prominent early 20th-century Zionist activist, journalist, and ideologue who helped shape the militant, nationalist current within Revisionist Zionism in Mandatory Palestine.
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C.
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the country's first Minister of Police and was a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Mivtsa Shlomo
Mivtsa Shlomo is the Hebrew name for Operation Solomon, the 1991 Israeli airlift that rapidly evacuated thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
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E.
Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amora
ⓘ
Talmudic sage ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rav
ⓘ
Rav Abba ⓘ Rav Abba ⓘ
surface form:
Rav Abba Arika
Abba Arika (Rav) ⓘ
surface form:
Rav Arika
|
| authorityIn |
Jewish law
ⓘ
Talmudic interpretation ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Sura academy
ⓘ
surface form:
Sura Academy
|
| colleagueOf |
Shmuel of Nehardea
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel of Nehardea
|
| country | Sasanian Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Jewish ⓘ |
| era | Amoraic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Aggadah
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ |
| founded |
Yeshivat Sura
ⓘ
surface form:
Talmudic academy in Sura
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Talmud Bavli
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
Geonim ⓘ later Amoraim ⓘ Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
rabbinic Judaism
|
| knownFor |
being a foundational Babylonian Amora
ⓘ
establishing the authority of Babylonian Jewry ⓘ founding the Talmudic academy at Sura ⓘ shaping the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ transmitting and organizing halakhic traditions ⓘ |
| language | Aramaic ⓘ |
| legacy | central figure in the formation of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Talmud Bavli
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem Talmud
|
| movement | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| occupation |
Talmudic scholar
ⓘ
head of yeshiva ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| position | head of the Sura Academy ⓘ |
| region |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| returnedTo |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| role | founder of the Amoraic academies in Babylonia ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Judah ha-Nasi
ⓘ
surface form:
Judah haNasi
|
| studiedIn |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| teacherOf |
Shmuel of Nehardea
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel of Nehardea
|
| timePeriod | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| tradition | Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abba Arika (Rav) Description of subject: Abba Arika, commonly known as Rav, was a foundational Babylonian Amora and co-founder of the great Talmudic academy in Sura, playing a central role in shaping the Babylonian Talmud and rabbinic Judaism.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rav (Abba Arikha)
this entity surface form:
Rav (Abba Arikha)
this entity surface form:
Rav (Abba Arikha)
subject surface form:
Abba Arika
this entity surface form:
Rav Arika