person · P0079
Beruriah ברוריה
Beruriah is the most prominent learned woman named in the Bavli. She is portrayed as scripturally acute, morally forceful, and capable of correcting both students and sages. Her family is tied to Roman persecution through her father Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon and the captivity of her sister.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- ברוריה
- Also known as
- Berurya
- Era
- tannaim
- Generation
- T4
- Spouses
- Rabbi Meir
- Parents
- Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3860–3920 AM, in the generation after Rabbi Akiva
- Academic
- fl. mid-2nd century CE.
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈60 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| When Rabbi Meir prayed for violent neighbors to die, Beruriah argued that the verse asks for sins, not sinners, to cease; he prayed for their repentance and they repented.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Beruriah rebuked a student who studied in an inaudible murmur, invoking the principle that Torah must be ordered in all one's limbs to be preserved.
The cited source supports this summary; minor wording or identification details are interpretive.
|
rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| Beruriah criticized Rabbi Yose HaGlili for using more words than necessary when asking directions, demonstrating the maxim not to converse excessively with a woman while also giving him the route.
The cited source supports this summary; minor wording or identification details are interpretive.
|
rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| Avodah Zarah identifies Beruriah as Rabbi Meir's wife and the daughter of Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon; she asked Rabbi Meir to rescue her sister from a Roman brothel.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| The traditional placement c. 3860–3920 AM, in the generation after Rabbi Akiva, is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction from her identification as Rabbi Meir's wife and Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon's daughter in a Roman-persecution narrative; the cited sources do not state an absolute AM range.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |