person · P0393 · amoraim · generation A3
Rabbi Abba רבי אבא
Bavel-trained amora (third generation) who sat before Rav Huna and later ascended to Eretz Yisrael; his chains transmit Rav, Shmuel, Rav Huna, and Reish Lakish. The stam name covers more than one Rabbi Abba; this entry is the third-generation tradent.
Who
- Hebrew
- רבי אבא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A3
- Received the mesorah from
- Rav Huna
- Teachers
- Rav Huna
When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 4020–4090 AM (schematic)
- Civil (computed)
- 4015–4090 AM · 255–330 CE
- Academic
- c. 260–330 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bavli seats him in the student's place before Rav Huna: "Rav Yosef sat behind Rabbi Abba, and Rabbi Abba sat before Rav Huna" (יתיב רבי אבא קמיה דרב הונא). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| His chains in the Bavli transmit Rav (11 occurrences in this atlas's mining), Shmuel (8), Rav Huna (5), and Reish Lakish (5). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rabbi Abba directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rav Huna's generation, before whom he sat.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |