Abba or Raba (Rabbah) Bar Jeremiah (cited in the

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as R. Abba bar Jeremiah;

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: רבה בר ירמיה or רבי אבא בר ירמיה) was Babylonian rabbi of the third century (second generation of

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Biography

He was the son of Jeremiah bar Abba and a pupil of Rav. He lived at

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and transmitted to his generation the sayings of Rav and

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. Several of his sayings are preserved in Palestinian sources. Among them, he interprets Proverbs 9:1-3 ("Wisdom has built her house...") as referring to the Messianic age. The "house" is the newly erected

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; the "seven pillars" are the seven years following the defeat of

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(as indicated in

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39:9); the "feast" is that described in Ezekiel 39:17; and the verse, "She has sent forth her maidens..." means: "The Lord sent forth the prophet Ezekiel with the message to the birds and beasts".

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References

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. iii. 529, 530; Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ed. 1882, ii. 336.W. Talmud rabbis of Babylonia {{MEast-rabbi-stub