Mar Sutra (6th generation)
Mar Sutra (also Mar Sutra I. or Mar Zutra I .; Mar = Aramaic lord ; d. 417 ) was a Babylonian Amora of the 6th generation and lived and worked in the 4th and 5th centuries AD.
He was a friend and fellow student of Aschi . According to Scherira , Mar Sutra was head of the school of scholars in Pumbedita some time before his death, succeeding Kahana .
Mar Sutra died in 417.
literature
- Aaron Hyman : Toldoth Tannaim we-Amoraim. Volume III. London 1910.
- Samuel Atlas: Mar Sutra I. In: Jüdisches Lexikon . Volume III. Berlin 1927.
- Hermann Leberecht Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash. 7th edition. Munich 1982.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mar Sutra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cupid |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 417 |