Amoraic period

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era in Jewish history historical period

The Amoraic period was the era in Jewish history (roughly 3rd–5th centuries CE) during which rabbinic sages known as Amoraim developed and interpreted the Mishnah, producing the Talmud and shaping classical Rabbinic Judaism.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in Jewish history → historical period →
basedOn	Mishnah →
chronologyNote	approximately 220–500 CE →
endTime	5th century CE →
fieldOfWork	Aggadah → Halakha → Jewish law → Talmudic exegesis →
followedBy	Geonic period →
follows	Tannaitic period →
hasCharacteristic	development of Talmudic literature → expansion of oral law → formation of classical Rabbinic Judaism → interpretation of the Mishnah →
hasMainLocation	Babylonia → Byzantine Empire → Land of Israel → Roman Empire → Sasanian Empire →
hasMainParticipants	Amoraim → rabbinic sages →
hasNotableFigure	Abaye → Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → Rav → Rav Ashi → Rav Huna → Rav Nachman bar Yaakov → Rav Papa → Rav Yosef → Rava → Ravina → Resh Lakish → Shmuel →
influenced	Jewish liturgy → later rabbinic literature → medieval Jewish law →
influencedBy	Second Temple Judaism → Tannaitic halakhic traditions →
languageUsed	Aramaic → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic → Jewish Palestinian Aramaic → Mishnaic Hebrew →
mainWork	Babylonian Talmud → Jerusalem Talmud → Talmud →
partOf	Rabbinic era →
precededBy	Tannaitic period → period of the Zugot →
precedes	Geonic period →
religion	Judaism →
startTime	3rd century CE →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aggadah ("Amoraic era") → Nehardea → Rabbinic Judaism → Sura →	timePeriod
Midrash →	developedInPeriod
Geonic period ("Talmudic period") →	follows
Amoraic period ("Rabbinic era") →	partOf