Jose Bar Zevida

Jose bar Zebida (or Yose b. Zevida; , read as ''Yossi bar Zevida'') was a Jewish Amora sage of the

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, of the fourth generation of the Amora era. He is cited in the

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and the

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merely as R. Jose. He often appears in the

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arguing with R' Yossi bar

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. Though he lived in the Land of Israel, he is never mentioned by name in the

. This surprising fact led to the suggestion that all places in which "R. Jose" is named in the Jerusalem Talmud are references to him. Talmud rabbis of Syria Palaestina {{MEast-rabbi-stub