Amoraicadj.
/ˌaməˈreɪɪk/, U.S. /ˌæməˈreɪɪk/ Jewish History.
Of or relating to the Amoraim, the Jewish scholars in Palestine and Babylon who interpreted the Mishnah between the 2nd and 5th centuries c.e. until the completion of the Talmud. Cf. Amora n.
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1856 J. W. Etheridge Jerusalem & Tiberias 208 The history of these successors of the Amoraic compilers of the Talmud includes a period extending from the latter quarter of the fifth century.
1971 Encycl. Judaica XIV. 921 The redaction of the Talmud, begun in the late Amoraic period, was completed.
1988 Jrnl. Semitic Stud. 33 49 It has been persuasively argued that rabbinic ‘biography’ based on textual attributions in tannaitic and amoraic literature is most problematic.
2012 Jrnl. Feminist Stud. in Relig. 28 70 Amoraic activity in Babylonia likely came to a close around the end of the fifth century CE.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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