Jose b. Hanina was a Jewish Amora

Amora

Amoraim , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara...

 sage of the Land of Israel

Land of Israel

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, from the second generation of the Amoraim. He was a discipline of R. Yochanan bar Nafcha

Yochanan bar Nafcha

Rabbi Yochanan ;...

, and served as a 'Dayan' religious Judge.

Biography

Jose b. Hanina was ordained as a Rabbi by his own Rabbi—Yochanan bar Nafcha

Yochanan bar Nafcha

Rabbi Yochanan ;...

. and later on became a "Gadol Ba-Torah

Gadol

Gadol or godol גדול , is a Hebrew term used mostly by Haredi Litvish Jews to refer to the most revered rabbis of their generation. These rabbis are usually held in high esteem by other Haredi or Orthodox Jews, though not necessarily to the same degree as by Litvish Jews...

", an erudite Torah

Torah

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 scholar sage, until becoming also a "Talmid Haver", a colleague-disciple of his own Rabbi, Yochanan bar Nafcha, and even diputed and debated him over Halakha

Halakha

Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...

 matters. This is how he also got to know R. Shimon ben Lakish and R. Eleazar ben Pedat

Eleazar ben Pedat

Eleazar ben Pedat was a Jewish Talmudist, known as an amora, in the Land of Israel, of the 4th generation . He was his father's pupil and the assistant lecturer of R. Assi...

, whom he also disputed and debated on Halakhic

Halakha

Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...

ic matters. The Talmud

Talmud

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 cites him many times, and one can also find other Amora

Amora

Amoraim , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara...

 sages who delivered, in his name, an Halkhaic statements. Among them, R. Abbahu

Abbahu

Abbahu was a Jewish Talmudist, known as an amora, who lived in the Land of Israel, of the 3rd amoraic generation , sometimes cited as R. Abbahu of Caesarea . His rabbinic education was acquired mainly at Tiberias, in the academy presided over by R. Johanan, with whom his relations were almost...

 and R. Hamma b. Ukba. In some other additional references, one can find R. Jose b. Hanina engaged in Haggadah statements, and not only Halakha

Halakha

Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...

matters.