person · P0299

Rabbah Yosef רבה יוסף

The savora who "remained gaon in the metivta for several years" after the deaths of 826 Sel. emptied the generation — the one continuous officeholder the Iggeret names between the death-roll and the pair Eina–Simona.

I. Who

Hebrew
רבה יוסף
Era
savoraim

II. When

Traditional
gaon in the metivta for some years after 4275 AM
Academic
fl. c. 515–520s CE
Precision
unknown

III. Where

Places
Pumbedita

V. How do we know

ClaimEvidenceConfidenceSources
"And Rabbah Yosef the gaon remained in the metivta several years" — following the deaths of Rav Tachna and Mar Zutra in the Seleucid year 826 (515 CE).
Which metivta is not stated; the standard reading takes it as Pumbedita, and the role is drawn there with this caveat. No tenure years are given.
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