Who's Who in the TalmudThis exceptional work, with entries from Rav Abba to Rav Zutra, is an unprecedented study of every rabbi in the Talmud. The reader will find concise entries on every rabbinic personality mentioned in the Talmud, major and minor alike, and will discover such facts as their dates of birth, education, and occupation. Most entries are accompanied by a brief story about the rabbinic personality, with sources cited for easy reference. |
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Abba bar Abbahu Abbaye Acha bar Adda aggadah aggadic Akiva Ammi amora amora third amora-fifth amora-fourth amora-second amoraim Ashi asked Assi Avos Babylonia bar Chama Bech beis midrash Beitz beraisos BREI D'R Chag Chana Chananiah Chisda Chul colleague died Elazar Eliezer Eretz Yisroel Eruv father halachic Hillel Huna JT Ber JT Sanh JT Shab JT Taan JT Yev Kahana Kohen Kohen Gadol Meir ment Mish Mishnah Nassi Nosson Oshaiah Papa Pinchas Pompedisa Rabbah bar Rabban Gamliel Rabbi Rashi Rava Ravina Rebbi Reish Lakish rosh yeshiva sages Sanh Shabbos Sherira Gaon Shevi Shimon Shimon ben Yochai Shmuel bar Talmud tanna tannaim taught teachings Tehillim Temple Teveriah tions Torah scholar Tosef Tosefta tractate Tzippori Vayik Yaakov Yavneh Yehoshua ben Levi Yehudah bar Yehudah HaNassi Yirmiah Yishmael YITZCHAK BAR Yochanan Yoma Yonasan Yose bar Yosef Zera