Amoraim
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amoraim canonical | 16 |
| Babylonian Amoraim | 3 |
| Amoraic sages | 1 |
| Amoraim of the Land of Israel | 1 |
| Later Amoraim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T635405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amoraim Context triple: [Rabbinic Judaism, recognizesAuthorityOf, Amoraim]
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A.
Tannaim
The Tannaim were early rabbinic sages of roughly the 1st–3rd centuries CE whose teachings form the core of the Mishnah and laid the foundation for classical Jewish law and tradition.
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B.
Judah ha-Nasi
Judah ha-Nasi was a prominent 2nd–3rd century CE Jewish sage and patriarch best known for redacting and organizing the foundational rabbinic text of Jewish law and tradition.
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C.
Mishnah
The Mishnah is the foundational written compilation of Jewish oral law that underpins the Talmud and later rabbinic legal tradition.
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D.
Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Akiva was a leading 1st–2nd century CE Jewish sage and martyr, renowned as one of the greatest Talmudic scholars and a foundational figure in the development of rabbinic Judaism.
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E.
Masorah
Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amoraim Target entity description: 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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A.
Tannaim
The Tannaim were early rabbinic sages of roughly the 1st–3rd centuries CE whose teachings form the core of the Mishnah and laid the foundation for classical Jewish law and tradition.
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B.
Judah ha-Nasi
Judah ha-Nasi was a prominent 2nd–3rd century CE Jewish sage and patriarch best known for redacting and organizing the foundational rabbinic text of Jewish law and tradition.
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C.
Mishnah
The Mishnah is the foundational written compilation of Jewish oral law that underpins the Talmud and later rabbinic legal tradition.
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D.
Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Akiva was a leading 1st–2nd century CE Jewish sage and martyr, renowned as one of the greatest Talmudic scholars and a foundational figure in the development of rabbinic Judaism.
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E.
Masorah
Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amoraim Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Later Amoraim
this entity surface form:
Amoraic sages
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Amoraim
this entity surface form:
Amoraim of the Land of Israel