Rav Ashi

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Amora Jewish religious leader Talmudic sage

Rav Ashi was a leading Babylonian Talmudic sage traditionally credited with initiating the redaction and organization of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Label Occurrences
Rav Ashi canonical 6
Mar bar Rav Ashi 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amora ⓘ
Jewish religious leader ⓘ
Talmudic sage ⓘ
associatedWith Yeshivat Sura ⓘ
surface form: Sura yeshiva
authorityIn Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Jewish community
chronologicalPlacement one of the last generation of Amoraim ⓘ
contributedTo organization of tractates in the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
stabilization of the Babylonian Talmudic text ⓘ
era Talmudic era ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
hasHonorific Rav ⓘ
historicalReputation foundational editor of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
influenced halakhic decision-making ⓘ
later Talmudic scholarship ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
legacy central figure in the formation of the Babylonian Talmud canon ⓘ
mainWork Talmud Bavli ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud
movement Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
notableFor initiating the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
organizing the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
occupation Talmudic scholar ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
placeOfActivity Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian Babylonia
positionHeld head of the Sura academy ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia
religiousDiscipline Talmud study ⓘ
Torah study ⓘ
religiousRole halakhic authority ⓘ
religiousStatus sage of the Talmud ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleInTalmud editor ⓘ
organizer of sugyot ⓘ
redactor ⓘ
sourceMention Talmud Bavli ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud
timePeriod late Amoraic period ⓘ
tradition Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith beginning the final compilation of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
systematizing Talmudic discussions ⓘ
typeOfScholar Babylonian Amora ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Amoraic period → hasNotableFigure → Rav Ashi ⓘ
Amoraim → notableMember → Rav Ashi ⓘ
Sura → notableHead → Rav Ashi ⓘ
Sura → notableHead → Rav Ashi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mar bar Rav Ashi
Sura academy → notableStudentOrTeacher → Rav Ashi ⓘ
subject surface form: Sura Academy
Pumbedita academy → notableStudent → Rav Ashi ⓘ
Yeshivat Sura → notableHead → Rav Ashi ⓘ
Yeshivat Sura → notableHead → Rav Ashi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mar bar Rav Ashi