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Samuel of Nehardea

Babylonian-Jewish scholar
Also known as: Mar Samuel, Samuel Yarḥinaʾah
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Samuel of Nehardea (born c. 177, Nehardea, Babylonia—died c. 257) was a Babylonian amora (scholar), head of the important Jewish academy at Nehardea. His teachings, along with those of Rav (Abba Arika, head of the academy at Sura), figure prominently in the Babylonian Talmud. What is known about Samuel’s life is a combination of speculation and legend. According to one tradition he may have been a disciple of the Palestinian scholar Judah ha-Nasi, one of...

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