person · P0481
Rabbah bar Avuha רבה בר אבוה
Nehardea authority of the second generation, teacher of Rav Nachman, who transmits him constantly; the aggada has Rabbah bar Avuha meeting Eliyahu and putting halachic questions to him. His own chains transmit Rav.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רבה בר אבוה
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A2
- Students
- Rav Nachman
II. When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 3990–4060 AM (schematic)
- Academic
- c. 230–300 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rav Nachman transmits in his name in the three-link chain אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה אמר רב — the Bavli's standard channel from Rav through Rabbah bar Avuha to Rav Nachman.
The recurring chain attests that Rav Nachman carried his teachings; classical biography counts Rav Nachman his student and son-in-law.
|
rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| Rabbah bar Avuha found Eliyahu standing in a gentile graveyard and asked him halachic questions — אשכחיה רבה בר אבוה לאליהו — one of the Bavli's Eliyahu-encounter narratives. | rabbinic tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| The chain אמר רבה בר אבוה אמר רב appears 23 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining.
Transmission of Rav's teachings; no verified source states direct reception from Rav, hence no edge.
|
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rabbah bar Avuha directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rav's school, whose teachings he transmits, and Rav Nachman, who transmits his.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |