Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish amora sage of babylon”. Today it says “babylonian rabbi of the fifth generation of amoraim”.
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Huna ben Joshua ( , read as Rav Huna BeReia DeRav Yehoshua ; died 410), was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the fifth generation of the Amoraic era, and accounted as one of the most prominent Amoraic sages of his generation. He acquired his Torah knowledge from R. He was a colleague and a scholarly "Bar-Plugata"-opponent of Rav Papa . He served as Rosh Kalah for the Naresh Yeshiva , in Babylon, founded by Rav Papa (An academy that later was relocated to Mata Mehasia , a suburb of Sura and its Yeshiva there). During his studies under Rava , he earned his livelihood from a small landed property, enabling him to make the time needed for his studies. Later on, he became a business partner of his colleague Rav Papa, and earned his living from selling sesame .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Joshua ( , read as Rav Huna BeReia DeRav Yehoshua ), was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the fifth generation of the Amora era, and accounted as one the most prominent Amora sages of his generation. He acquired his Torah knowledge from R. He was a colleague and a scholary "Bar-Plugata"-opponent of Rav Papa . He served as Rosh Kalah for the Naresh Yeshiva , in Babylon, founded by Rav Papa (An academy that later was relocated to Mata Mehasia , a suburb of sura and its Yeshiva there). During his studies under Rava , he earned his livelihood from a small landed property, enabling him to make the time needed for his studies. Later on, he became a business partner of his colleague Rav Papa, and eraned his living from selling Sesame . v t e
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Huna ben Joshua ( , read as Rav Huna BeReia DeRav Yehoshua ; died 410 ) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fifth generation of amoraim .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Babylonian rabbi (died 410) Huna ben Joshua ( , read as Rav Huna BeReia DeRav Yehoshua ; died 410 ) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fifth generation of amoraim .
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Babylonian rabbi (died 410) Huna ben Joshua ( Hebrew : רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע Rav Huna BeReia DeRav Yehoshua ; died 410 ) was a Babylonian rabbi of the fifth generation of Amoraim .
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jewish amora sage of babylon
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babylonian rabbi of the fifth generation of amoraim
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