Friends and Colleagues or Barely Acquainted? Relations Between Fourth-Generation Masters in the Babylonian Talmud

This paper demonstrates that dialogues between Abaye and Rava, conventionally assumed to form the backbone of the Babylonian Talmud, are extremely rare. Nearly all of their apparent dialogues involve Abaye and his teacher, Rabbah, rather than Abaye and his contemporary, Rava. In general, face-to-fac...

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Main Author: Kalmin, Richard Lee 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 1990
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 61, Pages: 125-158
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Talmud / Introduction
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
Parallel Edition:Electronic