person · P0493 · amoraim · generation A2
Rav Chanan bar Rava רב חנן בר רבא
Intimate of Rav's household (second generation, Bavel): the Bavli shows him teaching Rav's son Chiya in Rav's presence, in Rav's own chamber. His chains transmit Rav almost exclusively. The patronymic רבא is not the fourth-generation Rava.
Who
- Hebrew
- רב חנן בר רבא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A2
- Received the mesorah from
- Rav
- Teachers
- Rav
When
- Traditional
- fl. c. 3980–4050 AM (schematic)
- Civil (computed)
- 3975–4050 AM · 215–290 CE
- Academic
- c. 220–290 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈75 years
- Precision
- approximate
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rav Chanan bar Rava taught Chiya bar Rav before Rav, in Rav's chamber — מתני ליה רב חנן בר רבא לחייא בר רב קמיה דרב בקיטונא דבי רב — with Rav correcting the recitation by hand-signal. | rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| The chain אמר רב חנן בר רבא אמר רב appears 12 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining. | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rav Chanan bar Rava directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Rav's household circle.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |