Subject: Re: dates for Rabbi Aha bar Jacob
From: Jeffrey B. Gibson (jgibson000@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2008 - 00:01:40 EDT
David Hindley wrote: > Jeffrey, > > There is an entry for him in Neusner's _Dictionary of Ancient Rabbis: Selections from the Jewish Encyclopaedia_, Hendrickson 2003 (quotes from 1st ed. of JE 1901-1906). > > Unfortunately it is not a good source for narrow dating. From what I can gather from the entries for his associates, he is "a Babylonian amora, senior contemporary of Abaye [d. 339 CE] and Raba [b. 280 CE d. 352 CE] and disciple of Huna [b. 212-216 CE, d. 290 or 296/297 CE], head of the academy of Sura." > > Hope this helps. > Yes, it does. Thanks for sending it. I'm trying to get a grip on the date of the tradition attributed to this Rabbi in Baba Bathra 16a about how Satan is a much put upon Servant of God who should not be despised. Jeffrey -- Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon) 1500 W. Pratt Blvd. Chicago, Illinois e-mail jgibson000@comcast.net
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