person · P0333
Rav Bivai HaLevi bar Abba מר רב ביבוי הלוי בר מר רב אבא
Gaon of Sura for ten and a half years, of Nehar Pakod — the Sura partner, with Huna b. HaLevi and Menashe of Pumbedita, in the enactment allowing debts and ketubot to be collected from movable property.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- מר רב ביבוי הלוי בר מר רב אבא
- Era
- geonim
II. When
- Traditional
- gaon of Sura c. 4538–4548 AM
- Academic
- gaon c. 778–788 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈60 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Sura
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "After him, Mar Rav Bivai HaLevi bar Mar Rav Abba of Nehar Pakod, ten and a half years — and he was with Mar Rav Huna bar Mar HaLevi and Mar Rav Menashe, geonim of Pumbedita, when they enacted collection from movables; and these complete the hundred years" (c. 778–788 CE).
Years chained forward from Yehudai Gaon's anchored 757–761 using the Iggeret's stated durations; the chain lands on Hilai bar Mari's rostered accession (789) to within a year.
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tradition external | ★★★☆☆ | |
| No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rav Mari HaKohen and Rav Shmuel of Sura held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4503–4523 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.
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reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |