Acha bar Yaakov
290 CE–370 CE · Amoraim · Papunya
Rav Acha bar Yaakov was a fourth-generation Babylonian Amora who flourished in the late third and early fourth centuries. He was active in the academy of Papunya and is frequently cited in the Babylonian Talmud for his incisive legal analyses and homiletical interpretations. He engaged extensively with the teachings of earlier Amoraim, particularly in discussions of halakha and aggada. Rav Acha bar Yaakov is remembered for his sharp reasoning and his contributions to Talmudic debate, though he was not the head of a major academy. His sayings and rulings were preserved by later traditions and influenced the development of Babylonian Jewish law.
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PapunyaTalmudic-era settlement
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About Papunya
Papunya (Papunia) was a settlement in Talmudic-era Babylonia. It is associated in the Talmud with the amora Rabbi Acha bar Yaakov, who is described as a leading sage there. Its precise location is not securely identified.
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- Rabbah bar Bar Chana (the traveler)· 270 CE–340 CE
- Chaggai· 270 CE–340 CE
- Bar Hedya (dream interpreter of Berakhot 55-56)· 270 CE–340 CE
- Rav Yosef bar Chiyya (Sinai)· 270 CE–333 CE
- Acha of Lod· 280 CE–360 CE
- Rava bar Yosef bar Chama· 280 CE–352 CE
- Adda bar Ahava (II)· 280 CE–350 CE
- Yudan· 280 CE–350 CE
- Tachlifa bar Avdimi· 280 CE–350 CE
- Abaye· 280 CE–338 CE
- Idi bar Avin· 290 CE–360 CE
- Rami bar Chama· 290 CE–360 CE
- Mana (II)· 290 CE–360 CE
- Nachman bar Yitzchak· 290 CE–356 CE
- Rav Kahana (III, disciple of Rava)· 300 CE–370 CE
- Rav Papa· 300 CE–375 CE
- Rav Mesharshiya· 300 CE–380 CE
- Yose ben Avin (Yerushalmi redactor)· 300 CE–380 CE
- Rav Dimi of Nehardea· 305 CE–385 CE
- Huna brei d'Rav Yehoshua· 305 CE–410 CE
- Rav Hama of Nehardea· 310 CE–377 CE
- Zevid of Nehardea· 310 CE–385 CE
- Tanchuma bar Abba (last great EY Amora)· 310 CE–390 CE
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