person · P0252
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak רב נחמן בר יצחק
Head of Pumbedita for four years after Rava's death, when the single united metivta divided again into two (fourth generation, Bavel). A scholar of Rava's circle, remembered in the Talmud as a scrupulous orderer of received tradition.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רב נחמן בר יצחק
- Era
- amoraim
II. When
- Traditional
- d. 4116 AM (Seleucid 667, per the Iggeret)
- Academic
- d. 356 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈70 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Pumbedita
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "After Rava died the two metivtas divided; Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak reigned at Pumbedita four years and died in the Seleucid year 667" (356 CE). | tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rabbah and Rav Huna bar Chiya held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4061–4081 AM), making reception from them the likeliest reconstruction.
Derived by era-and-institution inference, not attested. The formative window is computed from this entry's schematic dates, hence the low confidence. A talmudic attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |