person · P0482
Rabbah bar Rav Huna רבה בר רב הונא
Son of Rav Huna (third generation, Bavel) and an authority at Sura after him; his chains in the Bavli transmit Rav, Shmuel, and Rabbi Yochanan. The patronymic itself carries his parentage on every citation.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רבה בר רב הונא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A3
- Parents
- Rav Huna
II. When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 4010–4080 AM (schematic)
- Academic
- c. 250–320 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| His full name רבה בר רב הונא — borne on every one of his hundreds of Bavli citations — attests his parentage from Rav Huna. | rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| The chain אמר רבה בר רב הונא אמר רב appears 14 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining, with smaller Shmuel and Rabbi Yochanan channels.
Rav died in his childhood at most; chains in Rav's name are school transmission, presumably via his father — no reception edge.
|
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rabbah bar Rav Huna directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to his father Rav Huna's generation and the one after.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
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reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |