person · P0487
Rav Yirmiyah bar Abba רב ירמיה בר אבא
Second-generation Bavel amora close enough to Rav to testify "many times I said it before Rav"; the Bavli sometimes titles him רבי. His chains transmit Rav and, less often, Shmuel.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רב ירמיה בר אבא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A2
- Received the mesorah from
- Rav
- Teachers
- Rav
II. When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 3980–4050 AM (schematic)
- Academic
- c. 220–290 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Many times I said it before Rav" — זמנין סגיאין אמריתה קמיה דרב — his own first-person testimony, told to Rav Huna, of reciting rulings before Rav. | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| The chain אמר רב ירמיה בר אבא אמר רב appears 23 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining, with a smaller Shmuel channel (3). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rav Yirmiyah bar Abba directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rav's generation, before whom he recited.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |