Rav Ashi

Rav Ashi

male, deceased (427)
Rav Ashi ("Rabbi Ashi") (352-427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, a Babylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was...
Amram Gaon

Amram Gaon

male, deceased (875)
Amram Gaon (Hebrew: עמרם גאון was a famous "Gaon" or head of the Jewish Talmud Academy of Sura (Persia) in the 9th century. He was the author o...

Hezekiah Gaon

male
Hezekiah Gaon was gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita from 1038-40. Hezekiah was a member of the exilarchal family. He was elected to the...

Dodai ben Nahman

male
Dodai ben Nahman was a Babylonian-Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761-764). Little is known...
Rav Papa

Rav Papa

male, deceased (375)
Rav Papa was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia. Known as an Amora, he was a student of both Rava and Abaye. He led the Talmudical academy...
Rav Huna

Rav Huna

male
Rav Huna was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the second generation and head of the Academy of Sura; He was born...

Raba Bar Rav Huna

male, deceased (322)
Raba bar Rav Huna was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third generation (d. 322). He was the son of Rav Huna,...

Bebai ben Abaye

male
Bebai ben Abaye was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the fourth and fifth amoraic generations (fourth century CE),...
Abaye

Abaye

male, deceased (339)
Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora; born about the close of the third century; died 339 (see Talmudic...

Moses ben Hanoch

male, deceased (965)
Moses ben Hanoch or Moses ben Enoch (in Hebrew language, "Moshe ben Hanoch") was a medieval rabbi who inadvertently became the preeminent Talmudic...