Abaye

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Amora Babylonian rabbi Talmudic sage

Abaye was a prominent fourth-century Babylonian Talmudic sage whose legal debates with his colleague Rava are central to rabbinic jurisprudence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Abaye canonical	5
אביי	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amora ⓘ Babylonian rabbi ⓘ Talmudic sage ⓘ
activeIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
activeInCentury	4th century ⓘ
alternativeName	Nachman ⓘ surface form: Nachmani
areaOfActivity	rabbinic jurisprudence ⓘ
associatedWithText	Talmud Bavli ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud Talmudic tractates Bava Batra ⓘ Bava Kamma ⓘ surface form: Talmudic tractates Bava Kamma Bava Metzia ⓘ surface form: Talmudic tractates Bava Metzia Talmudic tractates Berakhot ⓘ Tractate Eruvin ⓘ surface form: Talmudic tractates Eruvin Talmudic tractates Ketubot ⓘ Tractate Pesachim ⓘ surface form: Talmudic tractates Pesachim Talmudic tractates Shabbat ⓘ
culture	Babylonian Jewish culture ⓘ
era	Amoraic period ⓘ surface form: Talmudic era
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork	Aggadah ⓘ Halakha ⓘ
generation	fourth generation of Amoraim ⓘ
hasColleague	Rava ⓘ
hasHebrewName	Abaye self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: אביי
influenced	Geonim ⓘ Rishonim ⓘ later halakhic authorities ⓘ
knownFor	frequent halakhic disputes with Rava ⓘ methodical dialectical analysis in Talmudic debate ⓘ piety and meticulous observance of commandments ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Aramaic ⓘ
legalPrinciple	exceptions known as Ya"L KGaM ⓘ halakha usually follows Rava against Abaye ⓘ
mentorOrGuardian	Rabba bar Nahmani ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ legal debates with Rava ⓘ
partOf	rabbinic tradition ⓘ
positionHeld	head of the Pumbedita academy ⓘ
religiousRole	Talmudic expositor ⓘ posek (decisor of Jewish law) ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Pumbedita academy ⓘ surface form: Pumbedita
studentOf	Rav Yosef ⓘ surface form: Joseph bar Hiyya (Rav Yosef) Nahmani (Rabba) ⓘ Rabba bar Nahmani ⓘ
teacherOf	Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak ⓘ Rav Papa ⓘ surface form: Rav Pappa Rav Zevid ⓘ Rava ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Amoraic period → hasNotableFigure → Abaye ⓘ

Amoraim → notableMember → Abaye ⓘ

Rava → hasColleague → Abaye ⓘ

Rava → hasDebatesWith → Abaye ⓘ

Pumbedita academy → notableStudent → Abaye ⓘ

Abaye → hasHebrewName → Abaye self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: אביי