Jose b. Abin (, read as Yossi bar
on ofAbin (Yer.
Talmud
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); or alternative name recorded in the B.
Talmud
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: Jose, the son of R. Boon
un'', in
Hebrew
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: יוסי ברבי בון, read as ''Yossi BeRabbi
on of RabbiBon'') was a
Jew
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ish
Talmud
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ist, known as an
amora of the fifth generation (4th century CE) who lived in the
Galilee in the
Land of Israel
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. He was the son of Rabban
Abin I and the teacher of Abin II. He was at first the pupil of Rabbi
Jose of Yodqart, but the latter's indifference to his own family caused Jose to leave him and follow
Assi.
[ Ta'anit 23b; Weiss, ''Dor,'' iii. 117.] Jose was the most important among the last
Halakhists of the amoraim of the
Land of Israel
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. He had a thorough knowledge not only of the Judean customs and halakhot, but of the
Babylonian, a fact that has led some scholars to maintain that Jose must have resided at some time in
Babylonia
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. It is probable, however, that he derived his knowledge of Babylonian teaching from his father, who had traveled in Babylonia.
Jose's chief work in the field of the Halakhah was the expounding of the
Mishnah
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and the halakhot of the Amoraim, though some halakhot are credited to him. In
aggadah
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he excelled in the transmission and elucidation of the sayings of his predecessors, especially those of
Hiyya,
Joshua ben Levi,
Yohanan and
Simeon ben Lakish.
His chief halakic opponents were
Mana II and
Jose ben Zebida.
See also
*
Abin I (his father), 3rd generation
Amora sage of the
Land of Israel
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*
Samuel b. Jose b. Boon (his son), 6th generation
Amora sage of the
Land of Israel
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References
Resources
*; which cites:
**Bacher, ''Ag. Pal. Amor.'' iii. 724 et seq.;
**Weiss, ''Dor'', iii. 117 et seq.;
**Heilprin, ''Seder ha-Dorot'', ii. 224;
**Frankel, ''Mebo'', 102a;
**Halevy, ''Dorot ha-Rishonim'', iii. 122, ''et seq.''
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Talmud rabbis of Syria Palaestina
4th-century rabbis