Abba of Carthage
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Abba of Carthage was a Jewish amora (scholar), who flourished at the end of the third century CE. His birthplace was Carthage, and it is incorrect to refer his surname to Cartagena in Spain or to a town of Armenia. He is frequently mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud and in the haggadic traditions.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bacher, William (1901). "Abba of Carthage". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 31.
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia without a Wikisource reference
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
- Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire
- 3rd-century rabbis
- Ancient Jewish scholars
- People from Carthage
- Year of birth unknown
- Year of death unknown
- Place of death unknown
- All stub articles
- Jewish biography stubs