Abba Arikha
Abba Arikha ( Rav or Rab for short , outdated: Rabh ; born around 160; died 247 ) was a Jewish scholar. He was the last Tannait and the first and oldest Amora all rolled into one. He was one of the most important Jewish scholars in Babylon, his return from Palestine is considered an important event in Jewish history and the beginning of an intensive cultural exchange between the Jewish communities of Palestine and Babylon.
Abba Aricha , called "the Tall One ", probably because of his unusual height, actually Abba, usually simply Rav , was the opponent of Mar Samuel , Chijja's nephew, whom he followed to Palestine to study with Yehuda ha-Nasi .
According to the Gaonean tradition (Iggeret Rav Scherira Gaon , Lewin edition, pp. 78-81), Rav was the founder in 219 and then head of the teaching house in Sura on Eufrat in Babylonia after he had returned from Palestine until his death in 247 But historically it is doubtful to speak of a house of study, it is more a question of a circle of students who had formed around Rav.
Rav was one of the chief figures of the Talmud ; in some places (Er 50b; BB 42a; Sanh 83b) it says of him: “He is considered a Tannait and may dispute” (ie against the view taken up in the Mishnah ).
He is said to have been friends with Artabanos IV , the last king of the Parthians.
literature
- Jacob Samuel Zuri: Rab.Biografia Talmudit , Jerusalem 1925
- Rudolf Felten: The position of Rab in the Haggadic tradition , Cologne 1972
- Israel Konovitz: Rab - Samuel , Jerusalem 1974
- Wilhelm Bacher : ABBA ARIKA. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ↑ MB Marǵolies: 20/20 . University of Michigan Press, 2000, pp. 27 ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abba Arikha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 160 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 247 |