Person
Rav Idi bar Abin the Second רב אידי בר אבין השני
head of Sura after Meremar, of whom almost nothing is known
There is no separate article on him in any work of reference, and he is constantly confused with Idi bar Abin Naggara, an amora of the fourth generation, a student of Rav Chisda and the father of Sheshet and Yehoshua. They are different men, nearly a century apart.
This entry stands here for the sake of the chain of Sura: without it there would be a hole between Meremar and the next head, which the source does not have. The window is set by the succession and is stated as such.
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Sources
Rishonim
- Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon — the headships of both academies by name and year
Scholarship
- The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) — the succession at Sura after Meremar and the confusion with Idi bar Abin Naggara
Basis: Talmud and midrash.