Rabbah Jose is accounted one of the last 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 of Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...

 (eighth generation), and the Headman to the first Savora

Savora

A Savora is a term used in Jewish law and history to signify one among the leading rabbis living from the end of period of the Amoraim to the beginning of the Geonim...

 sages generation. He headed the Pumbedita

Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia close to the modern-day city of Fallujah....

 Academy from the year 476 AD (ד'רל"ו; Hebrew calendar

Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...

) until he died in 514 AD (ד'רע"ד; Hebrew calendar). He participated in the last stage of the completion process of the arrangement of the Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...

 Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

, under Ravina II

Ravina II

Ravina II was a Jewish Talmudist and rabbi, accounted as an Amora sage of the 8th generation of the Amora era. In 475 AD, he finished editing the Gemara portion of the Talmud Bavli, completing the work of his teacher Rav Ashi. He was also a nephew of Ravina I. He was a leader for 22 years....

, and under him, the Savora

Savora

A Savora is a term used in Jewish law and history to signify one among the leading rabbis living from the end of period of the Amoraim to the beginning of the Geonim...

 arrangement of the Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

 had started. He was a disciple of Rabbah Tosafa'ah

Rabbah Tosafa'ah

Rabbah Tosafa'ah was a jewish Amora sage of Babylon of the eighth generation of the Amora era, during the latter part of that era. According to the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon, he headed the academy of Sura, following Mar b. Rav Ashi, for six years, between 467-474 . He was one of the Talmud's...

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Alternative names

Rabbah Jose is cited under many alternative names, so much so that it is unclear what was his original name, and sometimes even a dispute among the scholars, weather all the alternative names that are cited in different classic texts actually refer to the same Talmudist sage or not.

Additional Alternative names

• Abba Jose (אבא יוסי )
• רבה בר יוסף
• רבי יוסי
• R. Assi (רבי אסי )
• Rabbah (רבה )
• R. Joseph of Be-Hatim (רב יוסף מבי חתים ); or Rabbah Joseph of Be-Hatim (רבה יוסף מבי חתים)