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Amoraim
Jewish scholars of the period from about 200 to 500 CE
Amoraim
The Amoraim (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַמוֹרָאִים, romanized: ʾamōrāʾīm; singular Amora אַמוֹרָא amōrā, "those who say", "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen") were Jewish scholars active primarily in Babylonia and the Land of Israel from about 200 to 500 CE, who interpreted the Mishnah and expounded and clarified the Oral Torah after its initial codification. They succeeded the Tannaim in the traditional sequence of ancient Jewish scholars: whereas the Tannaim transmitted the still-uncodified oral tradition and their debates were preserved in the Mishnah, the Amoraim interpreted that material, and their legal discussions and debates were subsequently recorded in the Talmud and codified in the Gemara. Their halakhic rulings were regarded as having the same validity as those of the Tannaim, and they also continued and developed the aggadic tradition. Close communication was maintained between the Palestinian and Babylonian schools through messengers and travelling scholars...
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