person · P0385
Rabbi Abbahu רבי אבהו
Head of the sages of Caesarea (third generation, Eretz Yisrael), student of Rabbi Yochanan, famed as a preacher and as the community's spokesman before the Roman authorities. Transmits Rabbi Yochanan, Rabbi Elazar, and Reish Lakish in the Bavli.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רבי אבהו
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A3
- Received the mesorah from
- Rabbi Yochanan
- Teachers
- Rabbi Yochanan
II. When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 4010–4069 AM (schematic)
- Academic
- c. 250–309 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈64 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbi Abbahu recited baraitot before Rabbi Yochanan — תני רבי אבהו קמיה דרבי יוחנן — and was corrected by him, the classic student posture. | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| His chains in the Bavli transmit Rabbi Yochanan (49 occurrences in this atlas's mining), Rabbi Elazar ben Pedat (14), and Reish Lakish (8). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rabbi Abbahu directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rabbi Yochanan's generation, from whom he received.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |