Rab Huna

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Rab Huna was a second generation Amora (250–290) in Babylonia (* around 212 or 216; after Iggeret Rab Scherira Gaon died in 297, but this is unlikely, he probably died decades earlier).

He was above all a Halachist , a contemporary of Rabbis , a student of Rab and Mar Samuel ; most important teacher in Sura after Rab.

Rab Huna was probably identical to the learned exile Huna II.

His body was brought to Palestine.

Rabbah bar Rab Huna was his son.

literature

  • W. Bacher : The Agada of the Babylonian Amorae , Frankfurt / M. 1913 (2nd edition)
  • J. Neusner : A History of the Jews in Babylonia , 5 volumes (here: Volume III., Pp. 48–53), Leiden 1965–1970
  • M. Beer: The Babylonian Exilarchate in the Arsacid and Sassanian Periods , Tel Aviv 1970 (Hebrew)
  • Israel Konovitz: Ma'arekhot ha-Amoraim III: Rab Huna - Rab Hisda , Jerusalem 1977
  • Isidore Singer , M. Seligsohn :  Huna. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.

Web links

  • Biography on the website Chabad.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Rab Huna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar (Amorae)
DATE OF BIRTH at 212 or 216
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century