person · P0498
Rav Anan רב ענן
Second-generation Bavel amora who heard directly from Shmuel and says so in the first person: "I heard from Mar Shmuel two things". The aggada surrounds him with strictness in judicial integrity.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רב ענן
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A2
- Received the mesorah from
- Shmuel
- Teachers
- Shmuel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| "I heard from Mar Shmuel two things" — שמעית מיניה דמר שמואל תרתי — his own first-person reception testimony. | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| The chain אמר רב ענן אמר שמואל appears 8 times across the Bavli in this atlas's mining, with a smaller Rav channel (2). | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| No source dates Rav Anan directly; the AM span shown is a schematic reconstruction anchored to Shmuel's generation, from whom he heard directly.
Schematic generational placement, not an attested date. A dated attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |