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Hoshaiah Rabbah
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian amora of the first amoraic generation”. Today it says “amora of the first generation in rabbinic judaism and a compiler of baraitot explaining the mishnah and the tos”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Amora of the first amoraic generation (about 200 CE)”. It now reads “Early 3rd-century Judean Jewish amora”.
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Hoshaiah Rabbah or Hoshayya Rabbah (also "Roba", "Berabbi", Hebrew : אושעיא בריבי ) was Palestinian amora of the first amoraic generation (about 200 A.D.), compiler of baraitot explaining the Mishnah - Tosefta .1 He was closely associated with the successors of Rebbi , as was his father with Rebbi himself. Hoshaiah's father, Ḥama, lived in Sepphoris , the residence of Rebbi and the seat of the patriarchs.2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian amora of the first amoraic generation”. Today it says “amora of the first generation in rabbinic judaism and a compiler of baraitot explaining the mishnah and the tos”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Amora of the first amoraic generation (about 200 CE)”. It now reads “Early 3rd-century Judean Jewish amora”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian amora of the first amoraic generation
Now
amora of the first generation in rabbinic judaism and a compiler of baraitot explaining the mishnah and the tos
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