Amora, plural Amoraim, (from the Hebrew root amar "to say" or "tell over"), were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and Israel.Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara. The Amoraim followed the Tannaim. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים translit. ... An oral law is a code of conduct in use in a given culture, religion or other regroupement, by which a body of rules of human behaviour is transmitted by oral tradition and effectively respected, or the single rule that is verbally transmitted. ... Babylonia, named for the city of Babylon, was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... For linguistic codification, see codification (linguistics). ... The Gemara (גמרא - from gamar: Hebrew [to] complete; Aramaic [to] study) is a component of the Talmud, comprising the rabbinical commentaries and analysis on the Mishnah, undertaken in the Academies of Palestine and Babylon over a 300 year period to about 500. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ...

The first and foremost Babylonian Amora was Abba Arika, respectfully referred to as Rav. His contemporary and frequent debate partner was Samuel of Nehardea. The foremost Amoraim in Israel were Johanan bar Nappaha and Simeon ben Lakish. Codification of the Gemara began at the end of the fourth century by Ashi and is generally thought to have been completed by 500 CE. Abba Arika, the name of the Babylonian amora of the 3rd century, who established at Sura the systematic study of the Rabbinic traditions which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud. ... Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba was a Babylonian amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. ... Rabbi Yochanan was a rabbi in the early era of the Talmud. ... Simeon ben Lakish (in Hebrew, Shimon ben Lakish; in Aramaic, Shimon bar Lakish or bar Lakisha), better known by his nickname of Resh Lakish, was an amora who lived in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina in the third century CE. He was reputedly born in Bostra, east of the... Ashi, known as Rav Ashi (Rabbi Ashi), (352–427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, a Babylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was first editor of the Babylonian Talmud. ...

Other Amoraim include: (see also List of rabbis) List of rabbis. ...

• Abaye, 3rd century Talmudist
• Abba Arika, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century.
• Abbahu, 4th century Talmudist
• Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage - primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
• Eleazar Kalir, early Talmudic liturgist and poet
• Hamnuna - Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name.
• Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
• Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
• Judah II, 3rd century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
• Judah III, 4th century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
• Rav Nachman
• Rav Papa
• Rabbah
• Rava, important Amora
• Ravina I
• Ravina II, primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
• Resh Lakish
• Shmuel (Talmud), rabbi of Nehardea, physician
• Rabbi Yochanan, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
• Rav Yosef

Abaye, the name of a Babylonian amora (q. ... Abba Arika, the name of the Babylonian amora of the 3rd century, who established at Sura the systematic study of the Rabbinic traditions which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud. ... Abbahu, the name of an amora who flourished c. ... Ashi, known as Rav Ashi (Rabbi Ashi), (352–427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, a Babylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was first editor of the Babylonian Talmud. ... Eleazar Kalir is one of Judaisms earliest and most prolific of the payyetanim, liturgical poets. ... Hamnuna is the name of several rabbis in the Talmud. ... Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, was a Jewish scholar in the 3rd century. ... Hillel II, also known simply as Hillel was a Jewish communal and religious authority, circa 330 - 365. ... Judah II was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the middle of the third century CE. He is mentioned in the classical works of Judaisms oral law, the Mishnah and Talmud. ... Judah III is a famous Jewish sage mentioned in the classical works of Judaisms oral law, who lived during the third and beginning of the fourth century. ... Rav Nachman was active in Nehardea, and is known as a judge, apparently in the court of the Exilarch (the political head of the Babylonian Jewish community). ... Rav Papa (רב פפא) was a Babylonian Amora, he was a student of both Rava and Abaye. ... Rabbah bar Nahmani (c. ... Rava was a Babylonian amora born in 270, and one of the most often-cired Rabbis in the talmud. ... Ravina I was a rabbi of the Talmud who began the process of compiling the talmud with Rav Ashi. ... Ravina II was a rabbi of the Talmud who, in 475 CE, together with his teacher Rav Ashi, collected and commented upon the Gemara of what would henceforth be known as the Babylonian Talmud. ... Simeon ben Lakish (in Hebrew, Shimon ben Lakish; in Aramaic, Shimon bar Lakish or bar Lakisha), better known by his nickname of Resh Lakish, was a Palestinian amora of the third century CE. He was reputedly born in Bostra, east of the Jordan River, in around 200 CE, but lived... Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba was a Babylonian amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. ... Rabbi Yochanan (died c. ...

External link

• Gemara in the Talmud Map – University of Calgary