person · P0294
Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah of Pumbedita רב שמואל בר יהודה דמן פום בדיתא
One of the rabbanan savorai named in the Iggeret's death-roll of the generation after hora'ah ended. Sherira records for the first savoraim little beyond their deaths — most of them 'within a few years' — and this entry preserves exactly that.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רב שמואל בר יהודה דמן פום בדיתא
- Era
- savoraim
II. When
- Traditional
- d. 4266 AM (Seleucid 817, per the Iggeret)
- Academic
- d. 506 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈60 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Iggeret's savoraic death-roll records that he died in Kislev of the year 817 of the Seleucid era (506 CE). | tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rav Sama bar Rava and Rav Yosi held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4221–4241 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.
|
reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |