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‖ Sabora, n.|saˈbɔːra| Freq. in pl. Saboraim. Also savora; 8 Sebura. [Aram. sābōrā, f. sḇar to think, have an opinion.] Any of a group of Jewish scholars of the 6th century c.e. who contributed explanations and revisions to the Babylonian Talmud.
1797Encycl. Brit. XVII. 224/1 Seburai, Seburæi, a name which the Jews give to such of their rabbins or doctors as lived and taught some time after the finishing of the Talmud. 1888Ibid. XXIII. 37/1 As regards the Babylonian Talmud, the Amoraim were succeeded by a new order of men called Saboraim..who ventured only occasionally to revise and authenticate the sayings of their predecessors. 1905Jewish Encycl. X. 610 Sabora (plural Saboraim), title applied to the principals and scholars of the Babylonian academies in the period following that of the Amoraim. 1989Encycl. Brit. XXII. 430/2 According to the tradition of the geonim..the Babylonian Talmud was completed by the 6th century savoraim (‘expositors’). But the extent of their contribution is not precisely known. Hence Saboˈraic a., of or pertaining to the Saboraim.
1961in Webster. 1986Jrnl. Theol. Stud. XXXVII. i. 157 The Saboraic editors..merely make final additions to it [sc. the Talmud]. |