Johanan bar Nappaha

Johanan bar Nappaha
Johanan bar Nappaha
יוחנן בר נפחא
Title	Rabbi, Amora
Personal
Born	180 CE; Sepphoris, Galilee
Died	279 CE; Tiberias
Religion	Judaism
Known for	Compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud
Senior posting
Teacher	Judah ha-Nasi, Hanina bar Hama
Period in office	2nd century CE (second generation of amoraim)
	Students Abbahu, Rabbi Ammi, Rabbi Assi, Eleazar ben Pedat, Hiyya bar Abba, Jose bar Hanina, Shimon bar Abba, Rabbi Isaac Nappaha;

See Johanan (name) for more rabbis by this name.

Johanan bar Nappaha (Hebrew: יוחנן בר נפחא Yoḥanan bar Nafḥa; alt. sp. Napaḥa) (also known simply as Rabbi Yochanan, or as Johanan bar Nafcha) (lived 180-279 CE)^[1] was a leading rabbi in the early era of the Talmud. He belonged to the second generation of amoraim.

Johanan's opinion is quoted thousands of times across the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. The compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud is generally ascribed to him.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Sherira Gaon (1988). The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich. Jerusalem: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press - Ahavath Torah Institute Moznaim. p. 100. OCLC 923562173.
^ Rambam and Yerushalmi
^ An Overview of the Talmud Yerushalmi
^ Giat, Paltiel (2003). A Word in Stone: Zippori in the Sages Literature (Milah be-even: Zippori basifrut chazal) (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Israel Nature & National Parks Authority, and The Department for Torah Culture in the Ministry of Education. p. 64. OCLC 58417078.

[1] Sherira Gaon (1988). The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich. Jerusalem: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press - Ahavath Torah Institute Moznaim. p. 100. OCLC 923562173.

[2] Rambam and Yerushalmi

[3] An Overview of the Talmud Yerushalmi

[4] Giat, Paltiel (2003). A Word in Stone: Zippori in the Sages Literature (Milah be-even: Zippori basifrut chazal) (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Israel Nature & National Parks Authority, and The Department for Torah Culture in the Ministry of Education. p. 64. OCLC 58417078.

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