person · P0386 · amoraim · generation A2
Rav Giddel רב גידל
Bavel amora of Rav's school (second generation) whose near-exclusive literary role is transmitting Rav: אמר רב גידל אמר רב. The Bavli later shows him sitting before Rav Huna.
Who
- Hebrew
- רב גידל
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A2
- Received the mesorah from
- Rav Huna
- Teachers
- Rav Huna
When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 3990–4060 AM (schematic)
- Civil (computed)
- 3985–4060 AM · 225–300 CE
- Academic
- c. 230–300 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bavli seats him in the student's place: "Rabbi Zeira sat behind Rav Giddel, and Rav Giddel sat before Rav Huna" (יתיב רב גידל קמיה דרב הונא). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| The chain אמר רב גידל אמר רב appears 58 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining — almost his entire recorded output. | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rav Giddel directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rav's circle, whose teachings he transmits, and Rav Huna, before whom he sat.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |