Amoraim

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Jewish religious scholars Talmudic sages group of rabbis

The Amoraim were Jewish Talmudic sages of the 3rd–5th centuries CE whose discussions and interpretations of earlier teachings formed the core of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Amoraim canonical 16
Babylonian Amoraim 3
Amoraic sages 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious scholars ⓘ
Talmudic sages ⓘ
group of rabbis ⓘ
activeIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
basedOn Mishnah ⓘ
teachings of the Tannaim ⓘ
centerOfActivity Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
surface form: Caesarea

Nehardea ⓘ
surface form: Nehardea academy

Pumbedita academy ⓘ
Sura academy ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
contributedTo Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Talmud
etymology Aramaic term meaning "those who say" or "speakers" ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aggadah ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
surface form: Oral Torah

Talmudic law ⓘ
Torah interpretation ⓘ
followed Tannaim ⓘ
followedBy Savoraim ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed the core discussions of the Talmud ⓘ
shaped classical rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
mainSources Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Talmud Bavli

Talmud Yerushalmi ⓘ
midrashic literature ⓘ
notableMember Abaye ⓘ
Abba Arika (Rav) ⓘ
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha ⓘ
Rav Ashi ⓘ
Rav Huna ⓘ
Rav Nachman bar Yaakov ⓘ
surface form: Rav Nahman bar Yaakov

Rav Papa ⓘ
Rav Yosef ⓘ
Rava ⓘ
Ravina ⓘ
Resh Lakish ⓘ
surface form: Reish Lakish

Shmuel of Nehardea ⓘ
precededBy Tannaim ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role interpreters of earlier rabbinic teachings ⓘ
teachers of Jewish law ⓘ
transmitters of Oral Torah traditions ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
5th century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Rabbinic Judaism → recognizesAuthorityOf → Amoraim ⓘ
Amoraic period → hasMainParticipants → Amoraim ⓘ
Acharonim → distinguishedFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Tannaim → followedBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Tannaim → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Rishonim → distinguishedFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Later Amoraim
Tanchuma → associatedWith → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amoraic sages
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic → usedBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav → tradition → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Amoraim
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Amoraim
Ravina → memberOf → Amoraim ⓘ
Resh Lakish → belongsToSchool → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amoraim of the Land of Israel
Savoraim → followed → Amoraim ⓘ
Savoraim → precededBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Savoraim → distinctFrom → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav Huna → movement → Amoraim ⓘ
Rav Huna → category → Amoraim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Amoraim
Tractate Beitzah → discussesBy → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Meir → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ
Rabbi Ishmael → influenced → Amoraim ⓘ