Rav Papa
300 CE–375 CE · Amoraim · Naresh
Rav Papa bar Chanan was a leading fifth-generation Babylonian Amora who flourished in the late fourth century CE, principally active in the academy at Naresh. He was a student of Abaye and Rava, and later a colleague of Rav Huna bar Nathan and other major scholars of his generation. Rav Papa is extensively quoted throughout the Babylonian Talmud, particularly in discussions of halakha related to monetary law, ritual practice, and everyday applications of Jewish law. He was known for his sharp reasoning and practical wisdom, and his rulings became authoritative in the tradition. The Talmud preserves many of his sayings and legal innovations, reflecting his role as a preeminent teacher who shaped the final stages of Amoraic discourse before the closure of the Talmud.
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NareshTalmudic-era settlement
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About Naresh
Naresh (Narsh) was a town in Talmudic-era Babylonia, near Sura on the Euphrates (central Iraq). In the amoraic period it was the seat of the academy led by Rav Papa (d. 375). Its precise location is not securely identified today.
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Jewish world
- Anonymous (Merkavah Mystics)· 100 CE–500 CE
- 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 Kahana (III, disciple of Rava)· 300 CE–370 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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