person · P0388
Ulla עולא
The itinerant carrier par excellence (third generation): an Eretz Yisrael scholar whom the Bavli constantly pictures arriving in Bavel — עולא איקלע — bringing Rabbi Yochanan's and Rabbi Elazar's teachings to Pumbedita and beyond. No verified source names his own teacher, so he carries no reception edge here.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- עולא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A3
II. When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 4020–4090 AM (schematic)
- Academic
- c. 260–330 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| His chains in the Bavli transmit Rabbi Yochanan (26 occurrences in this atlas's mining), Rabbi Elazar ben Pedat (13), and Reish Lakish (5). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| The Bavli's recurring travel formula — עולא איקלע לפומבדיתא, "Ulla arrived at Pumbedita", here at the house of Rav Yehudah — shows the westerner moving through the Bavel academies as a bearer of Eretz Yisrael tradition. | rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source dates Ulla directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to the generation of Rabbi Yochanan's students, whose teachings he carries.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |