Kahana (III)
300 CE–370 CE · Amoraim · Pum Nahara
Rav Kahana was a fourth-generation Babylonian Amora of the late fourth century, active in the academy of Pum Nahara. He was a prominent disciple of Rava, one of the greatest Amoraim of his time, and inherited his teacher's rigorous analytical method. Rav Kahana is frequently cited in the Babylonian Talmud for his interpretations of halakha and aggada, often appearing in disputes and discussions with contemporaries. He was known for his sharp reasoning and his ability to refine and defend positions in talmudic debate. His teachings were preserved by subsequent generations and continued to influence Babylonian Jewish jurisprudence.
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About Pum Nahara
Pum Nahara was a settlement in Talmudic-era Babylonia (central Iraq) that hosted a rabbinic academy in the amoraic period. It is associated in the Talmud with sages including Rav Kahana. 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
- Acha bar Yaakov· 290 CE–370 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 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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