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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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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.

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