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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Amoraic period canonical	13
Talmudic era	2
Amoraic era	1
Rabbinic era	1
Rabbinic period	1
Talmudic period	1

Statements (52)

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	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Byzantine Empire ⓘ Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Palestinian Aramaic dialects ⓘ surface form: Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
mainWork	Talmud ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Talmud Talmud ⓘ
partOf	Amoraic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rabbinic era
precededBy	Tannaitic period ⓘ period of the Zugot ⓘ
precedes	Geonic period ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
startTime	3rd century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Rabbinic Judaism → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Aggadah → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amoraic era

Midrash → developedInPeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Amoraic period → partOf → Amoraic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbinic era

Nehardea → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Sura → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Geonic period → follows → Amoraic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Talmudic period

Nasi (prince) of Israel → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Shmuel of Nehardea → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

Rav → timePeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Rava → eraWithinJudaism → Amoraic period ⓘ

Ravina → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

Abba Arika (Rav) → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Abba Arika

Abaye → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Talmudic era

Rav Huna → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Talmudic era

Rav Nachman bar Yaakov → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

Rav Yehuda → era → Amoraic period ⓘ

Yeshivat Sura → significantPeriod → Amoraic period ⓘ

Yohanan → hasHistoricalUsage → Amoraic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbinic period