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THE TANNAIM AND AMORAIM – THE RABBIS QUOTED IN THE TALMUD TANNAIM Before the destruction of the Temple Hillel Shammai Rabban Gamaliel Hazaken (Gamaliel the Elder) Elisha ben Abuyah The generation of the destruction Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai Rabbi Yehuda ben Baba Between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kokhba's revolt Rabbi Yehoshua son of Hannania Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus Rabban Gamaliel of Yavne Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach The generation of Bar Kokhba's revolt Rabbi Akiba Rabbi Tarfon Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah Rabbi Yosei the Galilean After the revolt Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne Rabbi Meir Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai , said to have written the Zohar Rabbi Yosei ben Halafta Rabbi Judah ben Ilai AMORAIM First generation (approx. 230–250 CE) Abba Arika (d. 247 , known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora Shmuel (d. 254 ) Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century) Abba the Surgeon Second Ra Ra Hi Ju Re Yo Sa Sh Is Third g Ra Ra Ra Ra Si Ra Ra Ra Ha Ju Ra Ra Ha Ra Ra Fourth Ab Ra Hi Fifth g Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Sixth g Ra Ra

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THE TANNAIM AND AMORAIM – THE RABBIS QUOTED IN THE TALMUD

TANNAIMBefore the destruction of the Temple Hillel Shammai Rabban Gamaliel Hazaken (Gamaliel the Elder) Elisha ben Abuyah The generation of the destruction Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai Rabbi Yehuda ben Baba Between the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kokhba's revolt Rabbi Yehoshua son of Hannania Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus Rabban Gamaliel of Yavne Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach The generation of Bar Kokhba's revolt Rabbi Akiba Rabbi Tarfon Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah Rabbi Yosei the Galilean After the revolt Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne Rabbi Meir Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, said to have written the Zohar Rabbi Yosei ben Halafta Rabbi Judah ben Ilai

AMORAIMFirst generation (approx. 230–250 CE) Abba Arika (d. 247, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora Shmuel (d. 254) Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century) Abba the Surgeon

Second generation (approx. 250–290 CE) Rav Huna Rav Yehudah Hillel, son of Gamaliel III Judah II Resh Lakish Yochanan bar Nafcha Samuel ben Nahman Shila of Kefar Tamarta Isaac Nappaa Third generation (approx. 290–320 CE) Rabbah Rav Yosef Rav Ze'era Rav Chisda Simon (Shimeon) b. Pazzi Rav Sheshes Rav Nachman bar Yaakov Rabbi Abbahu Hamnuna Judah III Rav Ammi Rav Assi Hanina ben Pappa Rabbah bar R'Huna Rami bar Hama Fourth generation (approx. 320–350 CE) Abaye Rava Hillel II Fifth generation (approx. 350–371 CE) Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak Rav Papa Rav Kahana Rav Hama Rav Huna berai d'Rav Yehoshua Sixth generation (approx. 371–427 CE) Rav Ashi Ravina I