person · P0488

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani רבי שמואל בר נחמני

Eretz Yisrael aggadist (second–third generation) whose signature chain is אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן; in this atlas's pilot mining his recognized chains all transmit Rabbi Yochanan, because Rabbi Yonatan is not yet in the registry.

I. Who

Hebrew
רבי שמואל בר נחמני
Era
amoraim
Generation
A3

II. When

Traditional
fl. c. 3990–4070 AM (schematic)
Academic
c. 230–310 CE
Lifespan (traditional)
≈85 years
Precision
approximate

V. How do we know

ClaimEvidenceConfidenceSources
The chain אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יוחנן appears 16 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining. rabbinic ★★★★★
His signature channel is Rabbi Yonatan: אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן recurs throughout the Bavli (here on the scholars who study Torah wherever they are).
Rabbi Yonatan (ben Elazar) is not yet a registry entity; when he is added, this claim is the reception evidence to revisit.
rabbinic ★★★★★
No source dates Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to the generation between Rabbi Yonatan and Rabbi Yochanan's students.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
reconstruction ★★☆☆☆