Abba Arikha

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Amora Babylonian rabbi Jewish religious leader Talmudic sage

Abba Arikha, also known as Rav, was a leading 3rd-century Babylonian Jewish sage and one of the founding figures of the Babylonian Talmudic tradition.

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Label	Occurrences
Abba Arikha canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amora ⓘ Babylonian rabbi ⓘ Jewish religious leader ⓘ Talmudic sage ⓘ
activeInCentury	3rd century ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Medieval Babylonian Jewry ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Jewry
authorityOn	Jewish law ⓘ Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
birthPlace	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
burialPlace	Sura ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ surface form: Samuel of Nehardea
countryOfActivity	Sasanian Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork	Aggadah ⓘ Halakha ⓘ
founded	Sura academy ⓘ surface form: Sura Academy
hasAlias	Abba Areika ⓘ Rab ⓘ Rav ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Rav ⓘ
influenced	development of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ later Amoraim in Babylonia ⓘ
knownFor	being a leading first-generation Amora in Babylonia ⓘ establishing the academy at Sura ⓘ founding the Babylonian Talmudic tradition ⓘ
languageOfWork	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
legalSchool	Talmud ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmudic tradition
mentionedIn	Talmud Bavli ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Talmud
movement	Amoraic period ⓘ
notableWork	teachings preserved in the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ
occupation	legal scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious teacher ⓘ
rabbinicGeneration	first generation of Amoraim ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Sura ⓘ
role	head of the Sura academy ⓘ
studentOf	Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ surface form: Judah haNasi Rabbi Chiyya the Great ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Ḥiyya
studiedUnder	Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ surface form: Judah haNasi Rabbi Hiyya ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Ḥiyya
teacherOf	Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ surface form: Samuel of Nehardea
tradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sura → foundedBy → Abba Arikha ⓘ

Rav → honorificTitle → Abba Arikha ⓘ

Yeshivat Sura → foundedBy → Abba Arikha ⓘ