Abaye | |
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Born | Naḥmani c. 280 |
Died | 337 |
Burial place | Har Yavnit, Upper Galilee 32°59′29″N 35°31′01″E / 32.99139°N 35.51694°E |
Occupation(s) | Rabbi, Talmudist |
Known for | Talmudic scholar and amora of the fourth generation |
Notable work | Head of the Pumbedita Academy |
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Abaye (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַבַּיֵי, romanized: abbayē) was an amora of the fourth generation of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia. He was born about the close of the third century and died in 337.[1]