Chanina ben Pappai

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R. Chanina ben Pappai (so in the Babylonian Talmud, Aramaization of Pappos ; in the Palestinian Talmud mostly Chinena , in the Midrashim mostly called Chanina b. Pappa ) was a third generation Amora in Palestine.

He was a student of Samuel b. Nachman , often involved in debates with Simon ben Pazzi , worked alongside Abbahu in Caesarea , temporarily also in Babylonia.

Chanina ben Pappai was glorified several times in legends.

literature

  • Wilhelm Bacher : The Agada of the Palestinian Amorae . Volume 2, Strasbourg 1896, reprint: Olms, Hildesheim 1965, pp. 513-532
  • Hermann L. Strack and Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash . 7th edition, Beck, Munich 1982, p. 96

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personal data
SURNAME Chanina ben Pappai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chanina from Pappos; Chinena; Chanina b. Papa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar (Amorae)
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH 4th century