person · P0363

Rav Huna bar HaLevi מר רב הונא בר מר הלוי בר מר יצחק

Gaon of Pumbedita from 785; in his days the academies enacted that debts and ketubot be collectible from orphans' movable property — the great geonic adjustment of talmudic lien law to a landless diaspora.

I. Who

Hebrew
מר רב הונא בר מר הלוי בר מר יצחק
Era
geonim

II. When

Traditional
gaon of Pumbedita 4545–4548 AM
Academic
gaon 785–788 CE
Lifespan (traditional)
≈53 years
Precision
approximate

III. Where

Places
Pumbedita

V. How do we know

ClaimEvidenceConfidenceSources
"And after him arose Mar Rav Huna bar Mar HaLevi bar Mar Yitzchak in the year [10]96 [785 CE]; and in his days they enacted to collect a creditor's debt and a ketubah from orphans out of movables."
Accession year per the Iggeret; the tenure is closed at the successor's stated accession.
tradition ★★★★☆
No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rav Chananya bar Mesharshiya and Rav Dodai bar Nachman held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4510–4530 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 ★☆☆☆☆