Abba bar Abba

2nd/3rd century Babylonian Jewish Talmudist
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Abba bar Abba (Aramic: אבא בר אבא, or Father of Samuel, Aramic: אבוה דשמואל; Cited in the Jerusalem Talmud as Abba bar Ba, Aramic: אבא בר בא) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia in the 2nd-3rd centuries (first generation of amoraim).

Biography

He was distinguished for piety, benevolence, and learning. He is known chiefly through his son Samuel of Nehardea, principal of the Academy of Nehardea, and is nearly always referred to as "Samuel's father." Abba traveled to Palestine, where he entered into relations with Judah haNasi, with whose pupil Levi bar Sisi he was on terms of intimate friendship. When Levi died, Abba delivered the funeral oration and glorified the memory of his deceased friend.

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