accorded the right, rarely conceded to one who is only an amora, of disputing the opinion of a tanna. Rav was a descendant of a distinguished Babylonian family...

below. See also List of rabbis. Abba Arikha (d. 247), known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Disciple of Judah haNasi. Moved from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia...

Israel whether Tannaim or Amoraim. In the Talmud, Rav or Rab (used alone) is a common name for the first Amora, Abba Arika, who established the Sura Academy...

Rav Nachman bar Yaakov (Hebrew: רב נחמן בר יעקב; died 320) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an Amora of the third generation. He...

the era of the Amora sages until 1033 CE at the end of the era of the Gaonim. Sura Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arikha ("Rav"), a disciple of...

cuts through the middle of the disputed tomb. Mar bar Rav Ashi, his son, the seventh generation Amora sage of Babylon In Iggeret Teiman Bava Metzia 86a Kiddushin...

Saba ("the elder"). Second generation Babylonian amora (mid third century CE). A pupil of Rav. After Rav, he became the head of the rabbinical academy at...

Rav Chisda's daughter was the daughter of the second-generation Amora Rav Chisda, and the wife of the third-generation Amora Rami bar Hama. After her husband's...

יחזקאל); often known as Rav Yehudah, was a Babylonian amora of the 2nd generation. Judah was the most prominent disciple of Rav, in whose house he often...

amora Shmuel Yarchina'ah, "Mar Samuel", or Samuel of Nehardea, amora Rav Huna Rav Chisda Abaye, amora Rav Papa, amora Rav Ashi (Abana), rav, amora Anan...

should not be confused with the Amora sage of the land of Israel, Rabbi Assi, who was of the third generation of the Amora era, and is recorded many times...

amora Shmuel Yarchina'ah, "Mar Samuel", or Samuel of Nehardea, amora Rav Huna Rav Chisda Abaye, amora Rav Papa, amora Rav Ashi (Abana), rav, amora Anan...

called Samuel (Hebrew: שמואל) and occasionally Mar Samuel, was a Jewish Amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at...

Rav Pappa (Hebrew: רַב פַּפָּא) (c. 300 – died 375) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fifth generation of amoraim. He was a student of Rava and Abaye. After...

Rav Huna (Hebrew: רב הונא) was a Jewish Talmudist and Exilarch who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the second generation and head of the Academy...

Talmud merely as Rav Kahana) was an Amora of the second generation, active in Babylon and in the Land of Israel. He was a student of Rav. According to the...

Rav Acha bar Yosef (Hebrew: אחא בר יוסף) was a fourth-generation Babylonian Amora. He was a close student of Rav Huna and the uncle of Rav Nachman bar...

Rabbah bar Rav Huna was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third generation (died 322). He was the son of Rav Huna, the...

Rav Zevid (or Rav Zebid; Hebrew: רב זביד (השני) (died 385 CE), read as Rav Zevid Ha-Sheni, lit. "Rav Zevid II") was an Amora of Babylon of the fourth and...

generations to come, among them: Rabbah bar Nahmani ("Rabbah"), Rav Yosef b. Hiyya, Abaye and Amora sage Rava, Savora sages Rabbah Jose and Simuna, and Geonim...

exists in two editions Rav Kahana II, Jewish Amora sage, active in Babylon and in the Land of Israel Rav Kahana IV, Jewish Amora sage of Babylon Ahupua'a...

Iraq. He was an amora of the third generation (died c. 320 CE at the age of ninety-two), and is mentioned frequently in the Talmud. Rav Ḥisda descended...

Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah (Hebrew: רב שמואל בר יהודה) was a Babylonian amora of the third generation. He was born to a family of converts, and studied under...

An old-fashioned Australian slang term for "woman" or "girl" Rav Shela, Babylonian Amora Shelah (disambiguation) Shelagh (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

known in Jewish texts as "Babylonia". Rav Adda bar Ahavah was a Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the second generation (third and...

Amora. He lived in Israel, moved to Babylonia with Abba b. Aybo, and died there ca. 290 CE. He is distinct from the late-generation Babylonian Amora of...

would appear that "Rav Acha the son of Rav" was his grandfather, making Mesharshiya himself a great-grandson of the great Amora Rav. His father-in-law...

Rav Giddel (or Gidal or Giddul; Hebrew: רב גידל) was a second generation Amora sage of Babylon and the Land of Israel. Rav was his principle teacher. Dozens...

resided at Pum-Nahara (and thus also known as Rav Kahana of Pum-Nahara). One may note some additional Jewish Amora sages that resided and were active at the...

death of Rav, and gives Samuel's answer. Some are of the opinion that there were two sages named Jeremiah bar Abba, one in the second Amora generation...