Rav Abba Arikha

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Rav Abba Arikha, commonly known simply as Rav, was a leading third-century Babylonian Amora and co-founder of the great Talmudic academy in Sura, playing a central role in shaping the Babylonian Talmud.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amora
Jewish religious leader
Talmudic sage
rabbi
activeInCentury 3rd century
alsoKnownAs Abba Arikha
Abba bar Aybo
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)

Abba bar Ibo
Rab
Rab Abba Arikha
linked to: Abba Arika (Rav)

Rav
associatedWork Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli
collaboratedWith Shmuel of Nehardea
commemoratedIn Geonic literature
Talmud
contemporaryOf Shmuel of Nehardea
culture Babylonian Jewry
educatedAt academy of Rabbi Judah haNasi
linked to: Yavneh academy
era early Amoraic era
fieldOfWork Aggadah
Halakha
Talmudic law
gender male
hasHonorific Rav
influenced Amoraim of Babylonia
linked to: Amoraim

Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli
language Aramaic
Hebrew
laterResidence Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
legalApproach systematic organization of halakhic traditions
movement Amoraic period
notableFor founding the rabbinic center at Sura
shaping the Babylonian Talmud
systematizing the Oral Law in Babylonia
origin Eretz Yisrael
linked to: Israel
position Rosh Yeshiva of Sura
rank first-generation Amora
regionOfActivity Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Sura
religion Judaism
role co-founder of the Sura academy
founder of the Talmudic academy in Sura
head of the Sura academy
studentOf Judah haNasi
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi

Rabbi Judah the Prince
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
teacher Judah haNasi
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi

Rabbi Judah the Prince
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
tradition Rabbinic Judaism

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Rav alsoKnownAs Rav Abba Arikha