Amora

See also: amora

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אָמוֹרָא‎ (āmorā), from Aramaic.

Noun

Amora (plural Amoras or Amoraim)

  1. Any of the Jewish scholars of about 200 to 500 CE who orally transmitted the teachings of the Mishna.
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