person · P0365 · geonim
Rav Yeshaya HaLevi bar Abba מר רב ישעיה הלוי בן מר רב אבא
Gaon of Pumbedita from 796, from Kalwada near Baghdad — the roster's first head drawn from the new capital's orbit.
Who
- Hebrew
- מר רב ישעיה הלוי בן מר רב אבא
- Era
- geonim
When
- Traditional
- gaon of Pumbedita 4556–4558 AM
- Civil (computed)
- 4506–4558 AM · 746–798 CE
- Academic
- gaon 796–798 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈52 years
- Precision
- approximate
Where
- Places
- Pumbedita
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "And after them, of the geonim of Pumbedita: Mar Rav Yeshaya HaLevi ben Mar Rav Abba, and he was from Kalwada, a town near Baghdad, in the year [1]107" (796 CE).
Accession year per the Iggeret; the tenure is closed at the successor's stated accession.
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tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rav Abba bar Dodai and Rav Chananya bar Mesharshiya held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4521–4541 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 | ★☆☆☆☆ |