Joseph bar Hama

Rav Joseph bar Hama (or Yosef bar Hama; Hebrew: רב יוסף בר חמא) was a Babylonian rabbi of the third generation of amoraim.[1]

For the fourth generation Amora sage of Babylon, with a similar name, see: Raba b. Joseph b. Hama ("Rava") (his son).

He was a disciple of R. Sheshet.[2] However, The Talmud also cites statements that he delivered on the authority of Rav Nachman bar Yaakov.[3]

He had a son of the name of Rava (Rava b. Joseph b. Hama), who became one of the most prominent Amora sages and the head of the academy of Pumbedita, in Mahuza of Babylonia.

References

  1. Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 14a
  2. In various references in the Talmud he delivers statements on his authority (i.e. Babylonian Talmud, Hullin 56b; Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 1:6
  3. Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 43b


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