Rav Aschi

Aschi's tomb in Galilee

Rav ( Rab ) Aschi (honorary title Rabbana Aschi ; * around 352, † around 427) is one of the most important Amoraese , and here for the sixth generation in Babylonia .

He came from a very wealthy family and was one of the four chief editors of the Babylonian Talmud . He is said to have headed the Lehrhaus in Sura for 52 years and studied the entire Talmud, a large part of it, twice during the kala months .

Together with Ravina he is considered the final editor of the Babylonian Talmud. He was a student of Kahana and Amemar , whom he often quotes. Because of his special abilities and his personality - he was compared to Jehuda Hanassi (bGitt 59a, Sanh 36a) - he was considered an important law teacher of his time.

literature

Jacob Samuel Zuri: Rab Aschi . Warsaw 1924 (Hebrew).
J. Neusner : A History of the Jews in Babylonia . 5 volumes, Leiden 1965-1970 (volume 5 passim).
J. Neusner: The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud . Leiden 1970.
Marcus Jastrow , Wilhelm Bacher : Ashi. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Volume 2, Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906, pp. 187-188 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Erler: Understanding Judaism / The Topicality of Jewish Thought from Maimonides to Hannah Arendt . Campus, Frankfurt a. M. 2002, ISBN 3-593-37039-5 , p. 38.
↑ "A particularly important element in Ashi's success was the length of his tenure of office as head of the Sura Academy, which must have lasted fifty-two years, but which tradition, probably for the sake of round numbers, has exaggerated into sixty" ; from the Jewish Encyclopedia
↑ Michael Krupp: The Talmud / An introduction to the basic script of Judaism with selected texts . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1995, ISBN 3-579-00772-6 , pp. 93 and 94.

personal data
SURNAME	Rav Aschi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rav Aschi; Rab Aschi; Rabbana Aschi (honorary title)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jewish scholar (Amorae)
DATE OF BIRTH	at 352
DATE OF DEATH	at 427

[1] Hans Erler: Understanding Judaism / The Topicality of Jewish Thought from Maimonides to Hannah Arendt . Campus, Frankfurt a. M. 2002, ISBN 3-593-37039-5 , p. 38.

[2] "A particularly important element in Ashi's success was the length of his tenure of office as head of the Sura Academy, which must have lasted fifty-two years, but which tradition, probably for the sake of round numbers, has exaggerated into sixty" ; from the Jewish Encyclopedia

[3] Michael Krupp: The Talmud / An introduction to the basic script of Judaism with selected texts . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1995, ISBN 3-579-00772-6 , pp. 93 and 94.