Definition of Amoraim. Meaning of Amoraim. Synonyms of Amoraim

- Amoraim (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אמוראים [ʔamoraˈʔim], singular Amora אמורא [ʔamoˈra]; "those who say" or "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen")...
- the Tannaim include Yohanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Akiva, and Judah haNasi. Amoraim ("expounders"): The sages of the Talmud who were active during the end...
- תנא‎). The rabbis of the Gemara are referred to as Amoraim (sing. Amora אמורא). The analysis of the Amoraim, recorded as gemara, is thus focused on clarifying...
- Ashi") (352–427) was a Babylonian Jewish rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim. He reestablished the Academy at Sura and was the first editor of the Babylonian...
- (c. 300 – died 375) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fifth generation of amoraim. He was a student of Rava and Abaye. After the death of his teachers he...
- Tosefta in Shabbat 11:15 and Sanhedrin 10:11 respectively. The Tannaim and Amoraim who recorded the accounts in the Talmud and Tosefta use the term Yeshu...
- signify one among the leading rabbis living from the end of period of the Amoraim (around 500 CE) to the beginning of the Geonim (around 600 CE). As a group...
- following generations; The midrash of several younger Tannaim and of many Amoraim who did not interpret a biblical p****age as an actual proof of the halakha...
- of the Zugot "Pairs" and was immediately followed by the period of the Amoraim "Interpreters". The root tanna (תנא) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew...
- about 279 to 320 CE and is counted a member of the third generation of Amoraim. He is sometimes cited as Rabbi Abbahu of Kisrin (Caesarea Maritima). His...